Atlantis docks with Mir; cargo transfer underway

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia's Mir space station right on time Wednesday night, and by 7 a.m. EDT yesterday U.S. Astronaut Shannon Lucid had ended her six-month stint as a Mir crew member. The docking came at 11:13 p.m. EDT Wednesday as planned, when Atlantis Commander Bill...

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