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With the linkup to the Zvezda control module, the station is ready for its first crew, due to ar rive in October. But the space lab oratory, a massive 16-nation pro ject headed by the United States, will not be complete for another five years, after more than 40 space flights. The docking occurred at 4:45 a.m. Moscow time (8:45 p.m. EDT). Space controllers will not know whether the mechanical locking system worked correctly until about an hour and a half af ter the linkup, officials said. Dur ing that period, the station was to pass out of radio contact witli Mission Control in Korolyov, just outside Moscow. Shortly after docking, Zvez- da's solar arrays will begin track ing the sun, and within a few days, its computers will take full control of maintaining the sta tion's orbit. The 24-ton cylindrical Zvezda — which means “star" in Russ ian — is crucial for the station's immediate future, providing liv ing quarters and steering con trols and distributing electricity. 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