Space Shuttle Endeavour Set To Land Sunday

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Nov. 28, 2008

Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321-867-2468
candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-240

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR SET TO LAND SUNDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Endeavour crew is expected 
to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a 
landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:19 p.m. EST on 
Sunday, Nov. 30. This will conclude a 16-day flight, 11 of which were 
spent docked to the station. 

The STS-126 mission began Nov. 14 and prepared the space station to 
house six crew members for long-duration missions. The new station 
cargo includes a water recovery system, additional sleeping quarters, 
a second toilet and a resistance exercise device. During four 
spacewalks, the crew serviced the station's two Solar Alpha Rotary 
Joints, which allow its solar arrays to track the sun, and installed 
new equipment in support of future assembly missions. The flight also 
delivered station resident Sandra Magnus to the outpost. Greg 
Chamitoff will return to Earth aboard Endeavour after spending more 
than five months aboard the complex. 

The entry flight control team in Mission Control, Houston, will 
evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting Endeavour to 
return to Earth. Sunday landing opportunities at Kennedy are at 1:19 
p.m. and 2:54 p.m. The secondary landing site at Edwards Air Force 
Base, Calif., will be activated Sunday for consideration as well. The 
opportunities at Edwards are 4:24 p.m. and 5:59 p.m. 

Approximately two hours after landing, NASA officials will hold a 
media briefing to discuss the mission. The participants will be: 
- Michael Griffin, NASA administrator 
- Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations 

- Mike Leinbach, NASA space shuttle launch director 

After touchdown in Florida, the astronauts will undergo physical 
examinations and meet with their families. The STS-126 crew is 
expected to hold a news conference at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday. 
Both news events will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Media 
interested in participating in the news conference at Kennedy must 
pick up their accreditation badges on Sunday. 

The Kennedy News Center will open for landing activities at 8 a.m. 
Sunday and close at 8 p.m. or one hour after the last media event. 
The STS-126 media badges are in effect through landing. The media 
accreditation building on State Road 3 will be open on Sunday from 8 
a.m. to noon. The last bus will depart from the news center for the 
Shuttle Landing Facility one hour before landing. For updated 
information about the landing, call 321-867-2525. 

In the event landing is diverted to Edwards, media should call the 
Dryden public affairs office at 661-276-3449. Dryden has limited 
facilities available for use by previously accredited journalists. 

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming 
video, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 
For the latest information about the STS-126 mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle  
For more on the International Space Station, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/station

	
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