31. In October, another shuttle crew installed a structural perch for the power module and added guidance, communications and docking mechanisms. 32. In September, a shuttle crew equipped the station with its life support systems and delivered thousands of pounds of supplies. 33. Instead of rising slowly toward the station from below for the docking, the shuttle crew will descend gradually toward the station from several hundred feet above. 34. It became a tradition for shuttle crews to buy a keg of beer and hold parties before a mission and after a safe landing. 35. It hoped then that the shuttle crew could reach the telescope in mid-October, before a fourth malfunction. 36. It will serve as the foundation for the solar array power module that another shuttle crew will deliver late this year. 37. Its addition will permit yet another shuttle crew to add the American science module to the orbital outpost in January. 38. It may also be possible for the shuttle crew to transmit video for brief periods over an FM link to ground stations in California, Florida and Hawaii. 39. It was equipped with three more by the shuttle crew earlier this week. 40. Late Wednesday, the shuttle crew managed to rewire its communications so that it could transmit directly to several ground stations for brief periods each day. |