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Discovery Docks With Space Station

Thursday July 6, 2006
NASA says the Space Shuttle Discovery reached its destination this morning when it docked with the International Space Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT. The STS-121 mission delivered supplies equipment and a third Expedition 13 crew member to the station. European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter arrived with STS-121. He will become Expedition 13’s third crew member later today.
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