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Yeah, this, this is really impressive.  Eileen [Collins], Vegas, uh, myself, and Wendy [Lawrence] are on the rendezvous team,

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and we basically position the, the orbiter beneath the Space Station, about 600 feet below, and Eileen and

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Vegas put the orbiter into a pitch maneuver, which basically pirouettes or rotates 360°.

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And when the orbiter is belly up to the Station, Station crew will be taking detailed photographs using a

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400mm lens and, and basically taking detailed, uh, shots of the belly of the vehicle to look for critical

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damage areas or, or critical-size damage areas on the belly of the vehicle.

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And, and it's pretty easy to see because on the bottom of the vehicle they have, you have black tiles, some of

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them are discolored because of, of the flights and, and the aging on the tiles. And if they see damage,

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then later on in our mission, if we see damage that we think needs a further inspection or a more detailed look,

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we will take the boom sensor out and we will put it underneath the belly of the vehicle to basically inspect for damage to the tiles.

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