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Unprecedented Space Test: Astronauts to Try New Spaceship Docking System

Sunday, May 29, 2011 4:55

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Parts of the International Space Station and docked shuttle Endeavour are featured in this image photographed by NASA astronaut Mike Fincke using a fish-eye lens attached to an electronic still camera, during the STS-134 mission’s fourth and last spacewalk – the last EVA ever to be performed by a NASA shuttle crew on May 27, 2011.
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HOUSTON — Astronauts on NASA’s shuttle Endeavour will perform an unprecedented maneuver at the International Space Station overnight Sunday (May 29), when they undock from the outpost, then return again to try out a new docking system.

Endeavour is due to undock from the space station Sunday night at 11:53 p.m. EDT (0353 GMT) after nearly two weeks visiting the orbiting lab. It’s Endeavour’s final flight before being retired along with the rest of NASA’s shuttle fleet this year, so the space agency has added a twist to its orbital departure.

Once the shuttle undocks tonight, its commander Mark Kelly and pilot Greg H. Johnson till try something new: They’ll fly Endeavour around the space station twice in an intricate test of advanced sensor technologies designed to make it easier for future spaceships to dock at the orbital outpost. [Video: Endeavour to Ride Laser STORRM]

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