26-March-2008, 09:06 PM
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2 hours to landing
NASA Shuttle Landing Blog (now active)
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The forecast for both landing opportunities at Kennedy is favorable. Crosswinds are well within landing limits. Astronaut Steve Lindsey has been in the skies flying a T-38 jet monitoring the weather and relaying the information back to mission control in Houston. Meanwhile, in space, the astronauts aboard Endeavour donned their orange launch-and-entry suits and then took their assigned seats for reentry.
The astronauts have begun fluid loading, which means they will drink large amounts of liquid to aid them in their re-acclimation into Earth's gravity. Each crew member will drink about 40 ounces of water, chicken broth or orange-aid.
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CBS News Space Place
Coming up:
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05:15:00 PM...Shuttle steering check
05:18:00 PM...Hydraulic power system prestart
05:25:00 PM...Toilet deactivation
05:33:00 PM...Vent doors closed for entry
05:38:00 PM...Mission control 'go' for deorbit burn
05:44:00 PM...MS seat ingress
05:53:00 PM...Single APU start
05:58:14 PM...Deorbit ignition (Alt: 215.2 sm; Vel: 17,251 mph; dV: 209 mph; dT: 2:51)
06:01:05 PM...Deorbit burn complete
06:33:06 PM...Entry interface (alt: 75.7 sm; Vel: 16,979 mph; range: 4,959 sm)
06:38:03 PM...1st roll command to left
06:52:00 PM...C-band radar acquisition
06:54:34 PM...1st left to right roll reversal
06:58:36 PM...Velocity less than mach 2.5 (alt: 83,000 ft; vel: 1,709 mph)
07:00:47 PM...Velocity less than mach 1 (alt: 51,100 ft; vel: 613 mph)
07:02:05 PM...Shuttle on the heading alignment cylinder
07:05:08 PM...Landing
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