Atlantis docks at space station
Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost running for another decade.
Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off
The platform - 16 feet by 14 feet - contained pumps, storage tanks and other equipment weighing hundreds of pounds each. Robot arms did the heavy lifting, just hours after the two craft came together 220 miles above the Pacific, between Australia and Tasmania.
Image: This image provided by NASA shows a partial view of Space ShuttleAtlantis' payload bay, vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering systempods and docking mechanism backdropped by a blue and white part ofEarth in this image photographed by an STS-129 crew member from an aftflight deck window Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009.
Images & Text : AP
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