Endeavour to return to Earth Friday

Published: Nov. 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM
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NASA Astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-126 commander, uses a computer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station on November 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/NASA)
NASA Astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-126 commander, uses a computer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour while docked with the International Space Station on November 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/NASA) | Enlarge Enlarge
HOUSTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The crew of space shuttle Endeavour will spend Thanksgiving with the crew of the International Space Station, NASA said Tuesday.

The shuttle mission to the ISS was extended by one day, and Endeavour will undock Friday, with landing Sunday at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the U.S. space agency said on its Web site.

Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Steve Bowen spent about 6 1/2 hours outside the space station, working on installing trundle-bearing assemblies, cleaning and lubricating a port, installing a camera and attaching a Global Positioning System antenna on the Japanese module section.


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