(10 Apr 2002)
Space
1. Docking approach
2. Various, docking
3. Astronaut giving a thumbs up
5. Hatch opening and astronauts floating in and shaking hands
6. Astronaut floating in
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
7. Press conference
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Hanley, Lead Shuttle Flight Director
"There was a significant raise in our orbit. We tracked out the dispersions that we've seen and then did an orbit another raising birth fairly soon after that to set us up for the rendezvous and put us into an orbit of 211 by 199. We finally caught up with the ISS in a fairly standard rendezvous sequence from that point on, and are currently docked to the station in an orbit of 211 by 204. We, as you saw the crew flawlessly flew approaching docking, it was picture perfect and met up with the station about 1930 mission elapsed time."
Space
9. Astronauts working inside in space station
STORYLINE:
Space shuttle Atlantis pulled up and docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday, delivering nearly 1(b) billion US dollars worth of new construction parts, including a 44-foot girder.
Space station Alpha's three residents were thrilled to have guests after four long months in orbit.
When the shuttle finally latched onto the station more than 240 miles above China, Navy Capt. Daniel Bursch rang the station's bell in the tradition of the high seas and called out, "Atlantis, arriving!"
The hatches between the spacecraft swung open a few hours later, and the seven shuttle astronauts floated into the station one by one.
The station's Russian commander, Yuri Onufrienko, stood by the door, shaking hands and giving out bear hugs.
Shuttle commander Michael Bloomfield steered Atlantis to a flawless docking.
The shuttle astronauts brought fresh food and clean clothes for the station residents, including barbecued beef for a welcoming feast.
Walz, Bursch and Onufrienko will remain on board until their replacements arrive in June.
Atlantis will stay for a full week.
During that time, two teams of shuttle astronauts will take turns going out to hook up the girder to the space station.
Four spacewalks are planned.
The two crews will begin installing the girder on Thursday, the most challenging day of the shuttle mission.
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