Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

The crew of the International Space Station welcomed the first visitors to its home in space today when the hatch between the space station and the space shuttle Atlantis was opened at 11:51 a.m. CDT.

With Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC) back in operation, the
deliberate power up of the International Space Station is proceeding as
planned.

MOSCOW, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Russia's space agency will not give up participation in the International Space Station despite funding hardships that have brought its chief spacecraft manufacturer to the brink of financial collapse, a space official told United Press International Friday.

Submitted by N1ORC

Report #44
1 p.m. CDT, Sunday, September 29, 2002
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
An unmanned Russian resupply craft successfully docked to the International Space Station Sunday, bringing almost a ton of food, fuel and supplies.......