Endeavour Getting Ready for Return to Earth

The shuttle Endeavour after undocking, directly behind and below the International Space Station on July 28th. (Credit: NASA TV)

The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station yesterday. Today, the astronauts are inspecting Endeavour to ensure that there was no damage to the heat shield from micrometeorites or space junk while the shuttle was in orbit. Currently, the shuttle is scheduled to land Friday at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:48 a.m.

Also today, the ISS welcomed the unmanned Russian Progress supply ship. It carries thousands of pounds of supplies for the ISS crew.

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