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spacestation. we are taking a live look now as the shoes tell begins to close its gap as the shuttle begins to close the gap. they completed a tricky back flip known as the r barry mover r-bar maneuver. it exposes the heat shields to the international sais station allowing them to inspect the belly of their ship to determine if it is safe to re-enter the earth s atmosphere. the docking maneuver will be even trickier than usual for this crew because the vessel s big dish antenna is not working. discovery will have to dock without the use of the radar. nasa says the failure of that antenna doesn t make the mission more dangerous. crews are trained to rendezvous, as you would say, and dock without radar. in addition a theymal tile appeared to break loose from the shuttle tail 42 seconds after monday morning s liftoff. the damage is in an area that

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