STS113-E-5037 (25 November 2002) --- The International Space Station (ISS)
is backdropped against the blackness of space as the Space Shuttle Endeavour
quickly closes the distance to the orbital outpost for a Nov. 25 rendezvous. Endeavour
went on to dock with the International Space Station at 3:59 p.m. (CST),
bringing a new crew and another segment of the station's backbone, the Port One (P1)segment of the Integrated Truss System. The rendezvous and docking of Endeavour with astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander, at the controls, occurred about 248 statute miles above the South Pacific off the southeastern coast of Australia.