Two astronauts are levered into space on a robotic arm from the shuttle Discovery to fix cranes on the new International Space Station, 230 miles from Earth.

Astronauts Tammy Jernigan, left, and Daniel Barry, take a Russian crane from Discovery

The astronauts work to install one of the cranes on the space station

Barry, left, helps Jernigan get her feet into a restraint at the end of the shuttle's robotic arm

Jernigan, left, and Barry, right, prepare to install the cranes

Contact: Discovery docks with the space station for the first time

The space station is pictured shortly before Discovery makes contact

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