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*Tani, Anderson Switch Crews* 25 October 2007

STS-120 Hatch openingImage Above: Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson (left) welcomes STS-120 crew members aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

NASA Astronaut Daniel Tani has joined the Expedition 16 crew, replacing Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson. Tani arrived at the station as a member of Space Shuttle Discovery’s STS-120 crew earlier today. Discovery docked to the station at 8:40 a.m. EDT.

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He and Anderson officially swapped crews when his custom-made seat liner was swapped out in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station. Anderson is wrapping up a four-month stay aboard the station. He will return to Earth on Discovery, which is slated to undock Nov. 4. Tani is scheduled to leave the station later this year.

Discovery also delivered the Harmony module, which will be attached to the station Friday. In addition, the STS-120 crew will conduct the first of five scheduled spacewalks Friday.

STS-120 is the 23rd shuttle mission to visit the station.

For the latest news and information on the STS-120 mission, visit the main shuttle page.

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+ View crew daily timelines http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html + Read more about Expedition 16 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.html + Read more about Expedition 15 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.html