After that,space station partners will rely on Russian and private launch vehicles to ferry supplies to the orbiter.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Moments before Discovery's launch, NASA camera caught the space station passing through its orbit above Florida.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

At the time of Endeavour's launch, NASA says the International Space Station was traveling at a speed of about eight kilometers-per-second, above western Romania.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

However, after the successful launch of an unmanned capsule to the station, followed by the successful manned launch, it appears that things are now back on track.

FORBES: Space Station Astronauts Land Safely In Kazakhstan

This is the first successful launch of a Soyuz rocked since a failed launch in April led to speculation that NASA might send the current crew of the International Space Station home until another launch vehicle was developed.

FORBES: Russian Spacecraft Launched Successfully

The attacks in New York and Washington have not impacted a scheduled Russian launch to the international space station.

CNN: Goldin: Terrorists won't slow NASA