CAPE CANAVERAL: Space shuttle Endeavour is finally linked with the international space station on Sunday.
Commander Christopher Ferguson guided the shuttle to a smooth docking, 212 miles above India.
Earlier in the afternoon, before Endeavour began its final approach from eight miles out, Fincke and his crew captured striking video of it and the moon, which was also prominent in many of the launch-night photos.
Only one piece of debris has been spotted so far in launch pictures. It was probably ice and did not strike Endeavour, said LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team.
Four spacewalks will be carried out beginning Tuesday, primarily to clean and lubricate a solar wing-rotating joint that broke down more than a year ago.
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