Rick
06-07-2008, 12:56 PM
Space Shuttle Discovery continues to gain on the International Space Station, headed for a planned docking at 1:54 p.m. EDT. At 11:16 a.m., Discovery performed the terminal initiation burn and began its final approach to the station. At 12:55 p.m., Discovery will begin its rendezvous pitch maneuver, enabling station astronauts to take pictures of Discovery's heat shield for analysis by ground imagery experts.