[RightWhale]

spaceflightnow.com
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

High-resolution photographs of the shuttle Atlantis' underbelly shot today during final approach to the international space station show the orbiter's heat shield tiles are in good shape with no obvious signs of damage.

Agency engineers decided late today that additional heat shield inspections, a move that would have triggered a one-day mission extension, were not required.


2230 GMT (6:30 p.m. EDT)

A gallery of images from this morning's unberthing of the solar array truss from the shuttle's payload bay is available here.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts115/060911truss/trussgallery.html

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They are good images. As good as some of the best sci-fi movies.

[cabojoe]

Thanks...I stayed up late for the docking and missed everything that happened afterwards. I really like watching the rendevous pitch maneuver.