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The crew has been given a "go" for normal deployment of the drag chute after main gear touchdown. 1:20 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
Seven minutes to touchdown. Air data probes are being deployed from the shuttle's nose to feed air speed, 1:19 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
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Now 11 minutes from touchdown. Mission Control computes Endeavour will land 2,000 feet down the runway at 205 knots. 1:14 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
Endeavour's speed has slowed to Mach 11 as the shuttle begins its third of four banks during descent. 1:13 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
Now 15 minutes from landing. The shuttle is 35 miles up and 800 miles from the runway. 1:11 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
Endeavour is now 39 miles altitude, traveling at 12,750 mph and 1,200 miles from the landing site. 1:09 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
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Endeavour is beginning the first of four banks to scrub off speed as it plunges into the atmosphere. 1:01 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
The shuttle is streaking 59 miles over the South Pacific, now passing to the west of French Polynesia. 12:58 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
ENTRY INTERFACE. Endeavour's thermal protection system is feeling heat beginning to build as the orbiter enters top fringes of atmosphere 12:55 PM Nov 30th from twhirl |
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