Then Ms. Ivins will conduct the most difficult part of the mission: lifting Destiny from the bay with only an inch of clearance on both sides, rotating the laboratory 180 degrees to orient it toward its docking port and guiding the connection to the station.
During World War II, the Luftwaffe attacked it not only for its docking facilities, but also for a nearby industrial park where engines were manufactured for Spitfire fighters and Lancaster bombers.
To compensate for some of the missing data, mission managers instead ordered more pictures than usual to be taken from the space station of the shuttle as it moved in for its docking.
The Normandie, which cost $60 million, met an untimely death when it capsized and burned in its docking grave in 1942, and its Art Deco grandeur and sophisticated design were reduced to scrap metal sold for $3.80 a ton.
So, I yanked my IBM Thinkpad out of its docking station in my office, stuffed it into my old leather briefcase, gathered up my family (actually my wife did that part) and raced for the airport.
The pharmacophore filtering method greatly increases the likelihood that the best and/or most correct pose is selected from the set of docked poses, regardless of the numerical value of its docking score.
To infer how TREX-2 regulates Mediator, it is instructive to consider the location of its docking site.
Driven by an algorithm that sends it trundling across every inch of the floor, it goes from room to room and returns to its docking station when finished.
And the company isn't just looking to stick the operating system in any old device; per the report, it's looking specifically at creating a version of its docking, Android-based smartphone and tablet combo, called the Padfone, using Microsoft's OS.
I installed the Qoder's software, then plugged its docking station into my home computer.
Mr. Van Laak said the shuttle's arrival could cause the Russian craft to wobble and damage its docking port.
