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To: Textide

spaceflightnow.com
1420 GMT (10:20 a.m. EDT)

The shuttle is quickly departing the vicinity of the space station. The ship will stationkeep about 70 miles behind the outpost in case a re-rendezvous is needed.

The shuttle crew will be performing another series of heat shield inspections tomorrow, then packing up the cabin and testing flight controls Tuesday. The deorbit burn to begin reentry is scheduled for 4:56 a.m. EDT Wednesday, with a predawn touchdown on Kennedy Space Center's three-mile concrete runway at 5:58 a.m. EDT to conclude STS-115.



They'll stay on orbit for a couple more days


159 posted on 09/17/2006 7:40:57 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale

ISS looks lopsided. That thing will spin out of control if they don't get the other solar panel up there pretty soon.


160 posted on 09/17/2006 9:36:09 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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