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Space shuttle Endeavour touched down at 10:48: a.m. EDT. at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Commander Mark Polansky is expected to make a brief statement on the runway after the post-landing walk-around of the shuttle. The post-landing news conference is set for approximately 1 p.m...
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Endeavour has completed its deorbit burn and begun the descent towards NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle is set to land at about 10:48 a.m. ED
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Mission Control has given space shuttle Endeavour a "go" for the deorbit burn. The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Endeavour enough to begin its descent. The deorbit burn will occur at 9:41 a.m. EDT, leading to a 10:48 a.m. landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florid
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Entry Flight Director Bryan Lunney gave a "go" for payload bay door closure. The weather at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility is currently observed and forecast “go” for the first landing opportunity at 10:48 a.m. EDT...
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The shuttle crew earlier this morning checked out two systems for tomorrow’s landing. The astronauts completed a test of the Reaction Control System steering thrusters that will help control Endeavour’s attitude and speed after the deorbit burn. During that test, one of the jets, F2F, failed...
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The crew was awakened at 2:03 a.m. EDT to the sounds of “I Got You Babe,” performed by Sonny and Cher. The song was a special request for Koichi Wakata, the first Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut to serve as a long-duration resident of the station...
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The seven-member crew was awakened Wednesday morning to the song “Yellow” by the band Coldplay, uplinked for Pilot Doug Hurley in honor of his International Space Station fly-around. Space shuttle Endeavour undocked Tuesday from the International Space Station at 1:26 p.m. EDT...