Astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery today successfully attached the 16-ton Harmony addition to the International Space Station, expanding the station's living and working space by more than 2,500 cubic feet. The 6-hour project, moving the Harmony and retrieving a broken antenna from the station, was the first of five planned spacewalks, the AP reports.
"Now the crews that are hot on our heels have a place to come," said astronaut Scott Parazynski. After Discovery leaves, in a little over a week, space station crewmembers will move Harmony to its permanent spot, where it will become the docking point for two laboratory modules coming in the next few months.