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(18 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST
Nasa TV
International Space Station, Space
1. Wide of shuttle travelling through space
2. Close of docking ring
3. Telemetry showing space shuttle closing in on space station
4. Mid of shuttle as it docks, UPSOUND (English): Mike Fincke, International Space Station Commander:
"Welcome to the space station Discovery, we're glad you're here. "
Discovery (English): "Thanks Mike, glad we're here also."
5. Wide of shuttle and station
Nasa TV
Johnson Space Centre, Texas
6. Wide of Mission Control with telemetry on monitors
7. Wide pan right of mission controllers
Nasa TV
International Space Station, Space
8. Wide of shuttle and station
9. Mid of crew entering station from shuttle for welcome ceremony
10. Mid of shuttle nose
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lee Archambault, Shuttle Commander:
"We're really delighted to join you Sandy, Yury. And we got a lot of work to do. We're looking forward to it. But this is a very special moment, so thanks for having us aboard."
Nasa TV
Johnson Space Centre, Texas
12. Wide of mission status briefing
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Dye, Lead Space Shuttle Flight Director:
"I think you're going to see non-stop action, especially on the station. We might catch our breath just a little bit on the shuttle side, but we are going to be very busy, supporting all the work on the station. And heading on down toward undocking, which comes all too soon."
14. Wide of briefing
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Dye, Lead Space Shuttle Flight Director:
"Well, it's hard to overstate the significance of getting the last set of solar arrays up. It's going to give us all sorts of power to do the science that the station was designed for. It's going to really complete that whole truss build-out and reach a point where we're saying that an awful lot of the infrastructure that creates this magnificent science laboratory in space will be complete."
16. Monitor showing telemetry of docked shuttle
STORYLINE:
Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the international space station on Tuesday, delivering one last set of solar wings that should boost the orbiting complex to full power.
The two craft linked up 220 miles (350 kilometres) above Australia.
The two crews, 10 people in all, shook hands and hugged when the hatches between them swung open.
Before pulling up, shuttle commander Lee Archambault guided Discovery through a 360-degree back flip so the station astronauts could photograph its belly.
The digital pictures, more than 200 of them, were immediately transmitted to Earth.
Experts will scrutinise the images for any signs of launch damage, standard procedure following the 2003 Columbia disaster. A chunk of fuel-tank foam insulation smacked Columbia's wing at lift off, dooming the shuttle and its crew during re-entry two weeks later.
Discovery and its crew of seven were due to arrive last month, but launch delays kept the shuttle grounded until Sunday. The postponements resulted in a shortened visit.
Loaded aboard Discovery were two solar wings that will be installed at the space station later this week.
The electricity-producing panels will join six others already in place, four on one side and two on the other, and finally make the outpost look balanced and like the artist renderings.
The 115-foot (35-metre) solar wings are folded on a framework, or truss, that also holds a radiator.
The 300 (m) million US dollar segment is the last major American-made space station piece needed.
Flight director Paul Dye, speaking at a mission briefing in the Johnson Space Centre in Texas, stressed the importance of installing the solar arrays.

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