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Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, mission commander, is about to accomplish the successful docking of Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). Rominger is at the shuttle's controls on the aft flight deck. The docking mechanism of the approaching station is just a few meters away on the other side of the overhead window. Rominger was joined by four other American astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut for almost ten days in space, most of which were devoted to preparing the ISS.