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November 16, 2008

Endeavour to Dock With Space Station Sunday
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Endeavour's seven astronauts to deliver two new sleeping units, a
bathroom, a kitchenette and exercise equipment 
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to dock Sunday, at 2204
UTC, with the International Space Station, on a mission to improve the
living space on the orbiter. Shuttle Endevour being moved to launch pad
(file photo)The U.S. space agency, NASA, plans to double the size of the
crew on the space station from three members to six next year. So as
part of their 15-day mission, the seven astronauts on Endeavour will
deliver two new sleeping units, a bathroom, a kitchenette and exercise
equipment. They will also install a new system to recycle wastewater
into safe drinking water. On Saturday engineers on the ground viewed
images of Friday's launch to see if any debris struck the shuttle.
Mission Control says no damage was caused by insulation that flew off
the rear of Endeavour. The shuttle will get another check before docking
today. Endeavour is also delivering a new member of the space station
crew. American Sandra Magnus will replace U.S. astronaut Gregory
Chamitoff. Four spacewalks are also scheduled during the mission to
repair a broken solar panel array on the space station. The Endeavour
mission is the last U.S. shuttle flight scheduled for this year.
Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth on November 29.NASA plans to
retire the shuttle fleet in 2010.Some information for this report was
provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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