Also close by is the alien Monolith that was the purpose of the Discovery mission.

While the Discovery mission must wait the turn of a few more pages of history, its progress is encouraging.

The book leaps forward 18 months to 2001, to the Discovery One mission to Saturn.

The Discovery mission blended success and frustration, hope and poignancy.

The announcement of opportunity for a next Discovery mission was postponed to 2015 due to budget reasons.

The problems that plagued the Discovery mission might have seemed large and numerous because, for the first time, they were made public in real time.

In addition to the crew exchange, the Discovery mission includes taking equipment to the station and outfitting it for further expansion.

And more changes are expected once the Discovery mission is done.

Mr. Rocha is not the only familiar face on the Discovery mission.

The story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter.