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Space Shuttle Successful Rendezvous With Space Station

by Rik Logtenberg | July 06, 2006

Houston - The space shuttle Discovery glided Thursday morning to a smooth rendezvous with the International Space Station.

The approach, at a gradual one-tenth of a foot per second as both craft raced through orbit at 17,500 miles an hour, could be seen on NASA Television from a camera mounted in the Discovery's docking mechanism.

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