Commander Alan Poindexter docked space shuttle Discovery to the
International Space Station’s Harmony node at 3:44 a.m. EDT. At the
time they connected, the two spacecraft were flying 225 miles over the
Caribbean sea near Caracas, Venezuela. Poindexter and his crew
completed the rendezvous operation without the failed shuttle Ku-band
radar, relying instead on an array of other
navigation tools to precisely track the space station.
At 5:41
a.m., the crews will open shuttle and station hatche...
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An exhaust cloud billowed around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida as space shuttle Discovery lifted off to begin the
STS-131 mission. The seven-member crew will deliver the multi-purpose
logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping
quarters
and science racks that will be transferred to the International Space
Station's laboratories. The crew also will switch out a gyroscope on
the station’s truss, install a spare ammonia storage tank and retrieve
a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior. Image Dredit:
NASA/Tony Gray and Tom Farrar
The International Space Station flew across the face of the moon over
NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before
the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. Discovery
successfully launched on April 5 and is now docked with the station.
STS-131 will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo,
filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks
that will be transferred to the International Space Station's
laboratories. The ... 
This view of the underside of the crew cabin of the space shuttle
Discovery was provided by the Expedition 23 crew during a survey as
STS-131 approached the International Space Station. As part of the
survey and part of every mission's activities, Discovery performed a
back-flip for the
rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The image was photographed with a
digital still camera, using a 400mm lens at a distance of about 600
feet (180 meters). Image Credit: NASA 
