NASA Shuttle Discovery Arrives At ISS

Boston (dbTechno) – The NASA space shuttle Discovery completed its long journey as the Discovery linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday to begin a challenging mission.

The mission involved the astronauts getting the International Space Station ready for new European and Japanese laboratories to link up to it via the connector called Harmony.

Shuttle commander Pamela Melroy controlled the Discovery as it made its way and latched onto the docking port at 8:40 a.m. EST.

Discovery’s lead space-walker Scott Parazynski stated “Everybody here is just ecstatic. We’re so fired up to be here.”

The ISS will host the 10 men and women from the Discovery and station crew for the next 10 days or so.

Discovery launched on Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, it took two days to reach the ISS.

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