September 10, 2009
NASA reports that the shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 crew intends to come home today. After preparing themselves Wednesday, by testing the shuttle’s reaction control system thrusters and performing a check of the flight control systems, the shuttle crew plans to use one of two opportunities to return from their almost 13 day mission. Discovery will be firing its orbital adjustment engines, around noon EDT, to avoid some orbiting debris before their deorbit burn.
Florida, like Texas, is expecting some precipitation today, so the weather is being watched closely out at the Kennedy Space Center where the shuttle will land. We all hope for the safe return of our intrepid explorers. For more details about the landing, and the STS-128 mission, click here.
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