Exp 28 Mission Summary.pub

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/545617main_exp28_mission_summary.pdf

Touchdown! Endeavour has returned to Earth!

Main gear touched down at 2:34:51 amET. Nose gear touchdown came at 2:35:04 & wheels stop came at 2:35:36. Welcome home Mark Kelly, Greg Johnson (Box), Greg Chamitoff (Taz), Mike Finke (Spanky), Drew Feustel, and Roberto Vittori (Ricky Bobby).

Over a total of 25 missions, Endeavour has logged 299 days in space and 122,883,151 miles traveled. Endeavour landed for the final time after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles.

Mike Finke now holds the US record for space time at 382 days!

Watch a clip of the landing from NASA's YouTube Channel.

Landing and Rollout

It's a busy day at NASA today. Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to land at KSC at 2:35 am EDT Wednesday morning. The crew will wake up at 5:56 p.m. to make final preparations for landing, including closing the payload bay doors at 10:49 p.m. and a de-orbit burn at 1:29 a.m. At the same time, ground crews will be busy with the Rollout of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis will leave the VAB at 8:00 p.m. on the crawler at and head to launch pad 39A. NPR did an interesting profile on the "Crawler Crew."

ISS/Endeavour Flyover

The streak of light was made by the Space Station and Shuttle.

This is a ten second exposure.

As the crews prepare to close the hatches later this morning, the Space Station and Shuttle Endeavour flew over New York and New Jersey. At about 4:25 am, a bright white light appeared on the south-western horizon. Over the several minutes, it transited across the sky nearly directly overhead. As they moved to the north-east, the light dimmed and turned yellow as they moved toward the rising sun. It was absolutely beautiful, and so worth waking up at 3:45 am to see it.