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With lab delivered, shuttle leaves space station

In this image from NASA TV shuttle commander Mark Kelly shakes hands with space station commander Sergei Volkou before departing the International Space Station Tuesday June 10 2008. The shuttle will undock from the station on Wednesday. (AP PhotoNA ...

Astronauts wind up ISS mission

Two Astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery have completed their final spacewalk mission on the International Space Station. Mike Fossum and Ron Garan carried out tasks including installing a new nitrogen tank and working on a robot arm for the Japanese module Kibo. Discovery is scheduled to undock from the space station on Wednesday and land Saturday at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

Double Spaceship Sighting Alert

Looking for the International Space Station flying overhead is one of my favorite space-related pastimes. But for a couple of evenings (or early mornings, depending where you are) starting on Wednesday, June 11 you can see two spacecraft for the price of one. Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Wednesday morning, June 11th, at 7:42 am EDT. This means some sky watchers will be able to see both spaceships flying in tandem. They'll be seen as separate but closely-spaced points of light. Double flybys will continue on Thursday the 12th and to a lesser extent on Friday the 13th, with Discovery scheduled to land on Saturday. Southeastern parts of the United States (e.g., Miami and Atlanta) are favored with some especially good viewing, depending, of course, on cloud cover.

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