UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 14, 1995
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Shuttle Atlantis ready to dock with Russian space station
The Associated Press
SPACE CENTER, Houston — Atlantis chased the Russian space station Mir around Earth yesterday while five astronauts aboard unfurled the shuttle robot arm and performed other chores in preparation for this week's docking.
The 245-mile-high linkup, the second of seven planned shuttle-Mir dockings, isn't until tomorrow, but there's plenty of work to be done as Atlantis closes the 2,800-mile gap between the two spacecraft.
There also was some time today for Canadian astronaut Chris Hatfield, the
"This is a tremendous experience for me," Hadfield said in a space-to-Earth news conference with reporters in Canada. "I've seen all the pictures, but there's nothing like being here. This is a magnificent experience."
only rookie aboard Atlantis, to reflect on his first space flight.
The crew's first major task, assigned to Hadfield, is moving a Russian-built docking port into position in the shuttle cargo bay.
This port — essentially a 15-foot tunnel with hatches on both ends — will be left on Mir to make future shuttle dockings safer and easier.
Early yesterday, Hadfield put the 50-foot shuttle crane through a series of test paces. Today, he'll maneuver the arm to lift the tunnel from its platform in the rear portion of the cargo bay so it can be attached to another tunnel that leads to the shuttle crew cabin.
Astronauts Jerry Ross and William McArthur will be poised for a space walk at a moment's notice today if Haddfield has any trouble installing the docking port.
This will be the first time a space shuttle is used in station assembly. The practice will come in hand as NASA and the Russian space agency gear up
to launch the first components of an international space station in late 1997.
Because the tunnel will jut out of the cargo bay, Atlantis commander Kenneth Cameron will have a much tougher time parking at Mir than his predecessor did in the first docking in June.
Cameron won't be able to see the end of the tunnel as he steers Atlantis toward the station and will rely on remote camera views to avoid Mir solar panels.
Mir, with two Russians and a German aboard, will be united with Atlantis for three days if all goes well.
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