Shuttle Bids Farewell to the Station Crew

"Well Gennady, all good things come to an end," shuttle commander Frederick Sturckow told station skipper Gennady Padalka.

Photo: Shuttle Bids Farewell to the Station Crew

The 13 space travelers have one last job to accomplish together before the hatches between their spacecraft are closed late Monday. A moving van holding a ton of trash and discarded equipment will be moved back aboard Discovery. The shuttle will undock Tuesday.

On Monday, shuttle astronaut Jose Hernandez told a TV interviewer his presence in space is proof that by working and studying hard, "any dream can be achieved." He grew up in a migrant worker family from Mexico. And the station's new resident, Nicole Stott, said she's looking forward to watching the planet over the next three months. She took up a watercolor kit to paint what she's seeing, The Associated Press reports.