Atlantis docks, astronauts ready for spacewalk
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[[w:Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] docked with the [[w:International Space Station|International Space Station]] yesterday, and astronauts James Reilly and Danny Olivas were planning their first spacewalk today.

The shuttle docked at 3:36 p.m. EDT (1736 UTC) yesterday, doing an end-over-end flip over South America to let the International Space Station crew photograph the shuttle's heat shield. Called the "Rotational Pitch Maneuver", the move is now routine.

In today's spacewalk, scheduled for 17:53 UTC today, Reilly and Olivas, with the help of a giant robotic arm, will install a new set of solar panels to the station.

After lift-off on Friday from [[w:Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy Space Center]], ''Atlantis'' suffered a triangular four-inch by six-inch (10 centimeter by 15 centimeter) tear on a thermal blanket that protects the left side maneuvering rocket pod. Also, small pieces of foam broke off from its external fuel tanks.

Mission chairman John Shannon said he was "leaning toward" ordering another spacewalk so that the tear in the blanket could be repaired.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/11/ap3806507.html
|title=Atlantis astronauts plan 1st spacewalk
|author=Mike Schneider, Associated Press
|pub=Forbes
|date= June 11, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21886106-24331,00.html
|title=Astronauts ready for space walk
|author=Agence France-Presse
|pub=Herald Sun
|date= June 11, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/06/11/ap3806502.html
|title=Atlantis docks with space station
|author=Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
|pub=Forbes
|date= June 11, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070610blanket/
|title=  	Shannon leaning toward spacewalk repair of blanket
|author=William Harwood
|pub=Spaceflight Now
|date= June 10, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070610docking/
|title=Atlantis arrives at the station after smooth rendezvous
|author=William Harwood
|pub=Spaceflight Now
|date= June 10, 2007}}

==External links==
{{Wikipedia|STS-117}}
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/ Mission information: STS-117] at [[w:NASA|NASA]]
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Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station yesterday, and astronauts James Reilly and Danny Olivas were planning their first spacewalk today.

The shuttle docked at 3:36 p.m. EDT (1736 UTC) yesterday, doing an end-over-end flip over South America to let the International Space Station crew photograph the shuttle's heat shield. Called the "Rotational Pitch Maneuver", the move is now routine.

In today's spacewalk, scheduled for 17:53 UTC today, Reilly and Olivas, with the help of a giant robotic arm, will install a new set of solar panels to the station.

After lift-off on Friday from Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis suffered a triangular four-inch by six-inch (10 centimeter by 15 centimeter) tear on a thermal blanket that protects the left side maneuvering rocket pod. Also, small pieces of foam broke off from its external fuel tanks.

Mission chairman John Shannon said he was "leaning toward" ordering another spacewalk so that the tear in the blanket could be repaired.
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