Endeavor space shuttle successfully docks with ISS
14:16, 18 July 2009
NEW YORK. July 18. KAZINFORM The U.S. Endeavor space shuttle successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
The manual docking took place a bit earlier than planned, at 9:47 p.m. Moscow time. The Endeavor crew commander personally controlled the docking.
The crews of Endeavor and the ISS will meet at 11:43 p.m. Moscow time on Friday. The rendezvous will start the joint work of an international crew, which will have 13 members for the first time ever. The crewmembers will represent Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan and Belgium, Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
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