Docking with the ISS

[Fox Mike]

This is very interesting. It isn't as easy as they make it look. The module also doesn't catch up to the station; it is the other way around...the ISS actually catches up to the module. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/crazy-orbital-mechanics-rendezvous-international-185635268.html

 

[O2HeN2]

"And Earth's gravitational pull is weak [at the station]..."

I get so tired of science reporters saying stupid things.

There is in fact almost no difference in earth's gravitational pull at the earth's surface or at the ISS.

O2