Shuttle Endeavour Docks At Space Station for the Last Time

Source: Space.com

The space shuttle Endeavour arrived for one last visit to the International Space Station this morning after a two-day orbital chase.

Endeavour and its six astronauts docked at the orbiting laboratory at 6:14 a.m. EDT (1014 GMT).

"Endeavour arriving," space station astronaut Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency said as the shuttle connected with the outpost.

It took the crews on both the station and shuttle about two more hours to open the hatches between their two spacecraft, as they had to check carefully for any leaks in the seal. Finally around 8:12 a.m. EDT (1212 GMT), the doors were open and the shuttle astronauts floated through.

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Since we are doing away with the Space Shuttles, do we have the capability to maintain and repair all the surveillance satellites that we have floating around up there?