Monday, September 7, 2009

Shuttle Crew In Home Stretch Of Station Resupply

Astronauts Nicole Stott and Danny Olivas retrieve experiments from the Columbus module during a spacewalk last Tuesday. (Credit: NASA)

From CNET:

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston--Sailing into the home stretch of a busy space station resupply mission, the shuttle Discovery astronauts worked Sunday to wrap up equipment and supply transfers before taking a half day off to relax and enjoy the view.

Overnight, engineers successfully tested a new motor-driven bolt in the berthing mechanism holding the shuttle-delivered Leonardo cargo module in place on the Earth-facing port of the lab's Harmony module.

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