Space shuttle closes in on space station

June 2, 2008 By JUAN A. LOZANO , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that's as big as a school bus. Discovery was also ferrying up the space station's newest resident: astronaut Gregory Chamitoff.

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