Endeavour Crew Prepares for Landing
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
About Photo: The International Space Station is pictured from space shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft separate after undocking.
About Photo: The International Space Station is pictured from space shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft separate after undocking.Photo Credit: NASA
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The crew of space shuttle Endeavour is spending today getting ready for its journey home and the end of the STS-123 mission. Among the preparations is a test of the thrusters that will be used to position the orbiter for re-entry and the control surfaces for its flight through the atmosphere.
After this testing is complete, the crew members will speak to members of the media on Earth.
The STS-123 astronauts also will set up the recumbent seat for Mission Specialist Léopold Eyharts, who joined the crew of Endeavour on the International Space Station. The recumbent seat is a special seat designed to reduce the stress of gravity on those who have spent long periods of time in the weightless environment of space.
STS-123 arrived at the station March 12, delivering the Japanese Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, the first pressurized component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory, to the station. The crew of Endeavour also delivered the final element of the station’s Mobile Servicing System, the Canadian-built Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator.
In addition the STS-123 astronauts delivered Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman, who replaced Eyharts, a European Space Agency astronaut, on the station.
The orbiter is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., tomorrow evening at 6:05pm CDT. A second landing opportunity comes at 7:39pm CDT. Forecasts from NASA are predicting favorable conditions at landing time.
Info taken from the NASA.gov website
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Note: I’ll Post on the Landing Wednesday so check back and watch it LIVE!
Safe Landing goes out to the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
AubreyJ.........
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The crew of space shuttle Endeavour is spending today getting ready for its journey home and the end of the STS-123 mission. Among the preparations is a test of the thrusters that will be used to position the orbiter for re-entry and the control surfaces for its flight through the atmosphere.
After this testing is complete, the crew members will speak to members of the media on Earth.
The STS-123 astronauts also will set up the recumbent seat for Mission Specialist Léopold Eyharts, who joined the crew of Endeavour on the International Space Station. The recumbent seat is a special seat designed to reduce the stress of gravity on those who have spent long periods of time in the weightless environment of space.
STS-123 arrived at the station March 12, delivering the Japanese Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, the first pressurized component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory, to the station. The crew of Endeavour also delivered the final element of the station’s Mobile Servicing System, the Canadian-built Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator.
In addition the STS-123 astronauts delivered Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman, who replaced Eyharts, a European Space Agency astronaut, on the station.
The orbiter is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., tomorrow evening at 6:05pm CDT. A second landing opportunity comes at 7:39pm CDT. Forecasts from NASA are predicting favorable conditions at landing time.
Info taken from the NASA.gov website
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Read Latest News and Updates
at NASA.gov
*********************************
Note: I’ll Post on the Landing Wednesday so check back and watch it LIVE!
Safe Landing goes out to the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
AubreyJ.........
