needed supplies, including a replacement gyroscope for one that failed in March. Gyroscopes help steer the station. Kirkalev, a Russian cosmonaut, and astronaut John Phillips used two digital cameras _ one with a 400 millimeter lens and another with an 800 millimeter lens _ to snap 100 seconds worth of photos of the shuttle as it flipped backward, exposing its thermal tile belly. The photographs were expected to provide resolution similar to a person standing within a few inches of the shuttle's tiles. The digitial photos, which would be downloaded after docking, are what NASA officials said they're most interested in. A team of special analysts at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston plan to examine them for any indications of damage. In addition to the chunk of foam that broke from Discovery's external fuel tank during launch, several smaller pieces broke away as well. A thermal tile on Discovery's belly was also damaged soon after liftoff. --mor 1410 Local Time 1110 GMT
