▁C rew ▁members ▁F os sum , ▁Vol kov ▁and ▁Fur uka wa ▁also ▁held ▁a ▁meeting ▁with ▁the ▁ground ▁imag ery ▁exper ts ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁planned ▁phot ography ▁shoot ▁during ▁Atl ant is ''' s ▁rende z vous ▁pitch ▁man eu ver ▁( R PM ). ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁mission ▁status ▁brief ing ▁from ▁the ▁Johnson ▁Space ▁Fl ight ▁Center ▁( J SC ), ▁sh utt le ▁flight ▁director ▁K w at si ▁Ali bar u ho ▁said ▁that ▁Atl ant is ▁was ▁off ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁smooth est ▁starts ▁of ▁any ▁mission ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 0 - year ▁history ▁of ▁NASA ' s ▁sh utt le ▁program . ▁He ▁told ▁rep or ters , ▁" I ▁think ▁this ▁is ▁certainly ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁better ▁starts ▁that ▁we ▁have ▁seen ". ▁▁ 1 0 ▁July ▁( F light ▁Day ▁ 3 ▁– ▁D ock ing ) ▁ ▁The ▁ST S - 1 3 5 ▁crew ▁began ▁their ▁day ▁at ▁ 0 7 : 2 9 ▁UTC ▁and ▁prepared ▁to ▁dock ▁with ▁the ▁I SS . ▁The ▁crew ▁encountered ▁a ▁minor ▁problem ▁when ▁Atl ant iss ▁General ▁Pur pose ▁Computer ▁( G PC 3 ) ▁failed . ▁However , ▁this ▁held ▁no ▁impact s ▁for ▁the ▁rende z vous ▁and ▁dock ing ▁operations ▁as ▁two ▁G PC s ▁proved ▁sufficient . ▁ ▁Commander ▁Chris ▁Fer g us on ▁and ▁pilot ▁Douglas ▁Hur ley ▁performed ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁rende z vous ▁burn s ▁( N H , ▁NC 4 , ▁N