Atlantis mission: Picture gallery

The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on Friday for a 10-day mission to the International Space Station. Follow the crew's progress as they work on the orbital platform, preparing for the first full-time inhabitants later this year.

Countdown: Atlantis on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral

Blast off: Atlantis heads for the International Space Station at 06:12 local time on Friday

Spectators watch as Atlantis leaves a trail of smoke in the early morning sky

The shuttle docks with the space station at 04:31GMTon Sunday

Astronauts James Voss and Jeffrey Williams begin their six-hour spacewalk late on Sunday

James Voss tackles repairs some 330 km (209 miles) above the Earth

A crane arm was lifted into position by the astronauts

Jeff Williams fixes footholds on the space station

Astronauts wait for the pressure to equalise to go into the station late on Monday

Jeff Williams and Atlantis commander James Halsell on board the US module Unity on Tuesday

Yuri Usachev and Susan Helms on the Russian module Zarya

Jeff Williams checks cargo to be moved to Zarya

James Halsell takes environmental readings in Zarya

James Voss, Susan Helms, and Yuri Usachev work on Unity

The weight is over for pilot Scott Horowitz

Jeff Williams assembles a storage rack for some of the 1.5 tonnes of equipment moved to the ISS from the shuttle