A complex robotics operation involving multiple handoffs between the station and shuttle robotics arms successfully moved…
Month: February 2011
STS-133 MCC Status Report #07
Moving equipment and supplies between Discovery and the International Space Station, robotics activities and preparation for…
STS-133 MCC Status Report #06
With more than 2,000 pounds of supplies and hardware to deliver to the International Space Station,…
Sunlight
Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, space shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed…
Discovery’s Final Flip
This view of the nose, the forward underside and crew cabin of the space shuttle Discovery…
Shuttle and Station Crews Go to Work
Space shuttle Discovery docked to the International Space Station at 2:14 p.m. EST Saturday with its…
Hatches Between Station and Discovery Opened
At 4:16 p.m. EST, hatches were opened between the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery,…
Shuttle and Station Hard Mate Accomplished
A hard mate between space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station was delayed until 3:04…
Discovery Docks to International Space Station
At 2:14 p.m. EST, Commander Steve Lindsey backed space shuttle Discovery into pressurized mating adapter #2…
Discovery Begins Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
At 1:15 p.m. EST, space shuttle Discovery began the nine-minute Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or "backflip." With…