The ISS is making plans to hit the road shortly. The undocking expected to take place Sunday, Feb. 21.
So keep your eyes on the sky’s boys and girls!
This from NASA.
Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Sunday, Feb. 21 after a 14-day mission. NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida before permitting Endeavour to land.
Sunday landing opportunities at Kennedy are at 10:16 p.m. and 11:51 p.m. EST. There are additional opportunities at 1:20 a.m. and 2:55 a.m. EST Monday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., a backup landing site. For recorded updates about landing, call 321-867-2525.
If Endeavour lands Sunday in Florida as scheduled, NASA officials will hold a briefing to discuss the mission no earlier than midnight. The participants will be:
- Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager
- Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director
After touchdown, the astronauts will undergo routine physical examinations and meet with their families. Because of the late hour, the crew will not participate in a post-landing news conference, but a crew statement from the runway is expected. The news events will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site.
The Kennedy news centre will open for landing activities at 6 p.m. Sunday and remain open through Monday. The STS-130 media badges are in effect through landing. The media accreditation building on State Road 3 will be open Sunday from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The last bus will depart from the news centre for the Shuttle Landing Facility one hour before landing.
If the landing is diverted to Edwards, news media should call the NASA Dryden Flight Research Centre public affairs office at 661-276-3449. Dryden has limited facilities available for previously accredited journalists.
