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Discovery docks with space station
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Space shuttle Discovery docked with the
international space station yesterday, delivering its newest
inhabitant a German astronaut who will return the orbiting complex's
crew to three people for the first time in three years.
The shuttle's jets cut off and space station latches automatically
hooked onto the shuttle as they travelled at 28,200 kilometres per
hour, about 350 kilometers above the Earth.
Once the hatch was opened, European Space Agency astro...
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Atlantis docks with space station
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