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Astronauts take a break, prepare for undocking Monday
The Endeavour astronauts are enjoying a final few hours of off-duty time today before making preparations for undocking Monday evening. The joint shuttle-station crews will share an Easter meal later today before participating in a news conference to discuss the progress of the mission.
"Fortunately, the mission has been going extremely well so there's not a whole lot left for the crew to do," said space station Flight Director Bob Dempsey. "In fact, they're getting a half-day off to give them a chance to rest after the five EVAs and all the busy work they've been doing. And of course, preparing for the undocking and re-entry in a few days."
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Endeavour will undock from the station at 7:56 p.m. EDT Monday and begin its journey back to Kennedy Space Center, Florida.