It's getting pretty crowded in Low Earth Orbit.
Flying right now is the International Space Station... a Russian Progress tanker full of trash heading towards burnup in the atmosphere...a Soyuz TMA spacecraft taking crew replacements and a tourist to the station...the shuttle orbiter Atlantis preparing to return to Earth, and an unknown object flying in formation with Atlantis.
The mystery object, along with less than optimal weather at the Cape, has caused mission managers to wave off Wednesday's scheduled landing, so it's uncertain what the deorbit path will be now.
Hmm. I wonder if there has ever been three different manned spacecraft flying simultaneously before, or this many humans in space at the same time?
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