Astronaut Shepherd looks in hatch at U.S. Laboratory / Destiny module

STS98-E-5120 (11 February 2001) --- This digital still camera shot shows Expedition One commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd looking through the portal on Unity's closed hatch to the newly attached Destiny laboratory. (Note: Astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell and Mark L. Polansky appear at the left and right edges, respectively, but could possibly be cropped out in some views). The crews of Atlantis and the International Space Station opened the laboratory shortly after this photo was made on February 11; and the astronauts and cosmonauts spent the first full day of what are planned to be years of work ahead inside the orbiting science and command center. Shepherd opened the Destiny hatch, and he and shuttle commander Cockrell ventured inside at 8:38 a.m. (CST), Feb. 11. As depicted in subsequent digital images in this series, members of both crews went to work quickly inside the new module, activating air systems, fire extinguishers, alarm systems, computers and internal communications. The crew also continued equipment transfers from the shuttle to the station.