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Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at International Space Station

Posted April 07, 2010 10:14 AM

From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories:

Space shuttle Discovery successfully docked at the International Space Station early Wednesday, its astronauts overcoming a rare antenna breakdown that knocked out radar tracking. Shuttle commander Alan Poindexter and his crew relied on other navigation devices to approach the orbiting outpost.

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Re: Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at International Space Station

04/08/2010 8:25 AM

<...relied on other navigation devices to approach the orbiting outpost...>

What other navigation devices - compass? Sextant? Sat-nav? Mk.1 eyeball? Back-seat driving? Interested CR4 readers need to know.....

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