Atlantis Ready For Work
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on September 11, 2006 at 1:38:22 PM
Atlantis has docked with the ISS and is ready to begin working on installing the new truss segments. This is the first flight since 2003 that work is being done on the ISS.
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The astronauts will enter the station for the first time about 0755 EDT (1155 GMT), where they will be greeted by its crew. The welcome ceremony with the station's three astronauts will not last long, however. The two crews will quickly begin preparations for the first spacewalk - Tuesday's installation of a 16-tonne truss that will support new solar panels. The crews will use the shuttle's robotic arm to hand the truss to the station's arm. NASA says the 11-day mission to boost the power-generating capacity of the ISS entails the most complex work ever undertaken at the nearly eight-year-old orbiting laboratory.