NASA STS-134 Update: Crew Conducting Late Inspection of Endeavour Tonight

The Endeavour crew and Expedition 28 crew woke at 7:56 p.m. EDT to the song “Countdown” by the Canadian band Rush, played for Mission Specialist Mike Fincke. Fincke described how his friends Greg Shurtz and Ken Fisher chose the song because the band was inspired to write it and the album “Signals” after viewing the launch of STS-1; the song was played as a tribute to the space shuttle program, which has inspired so many people across the entire planet.

The late inspection of Endeavour’s reinforced carbon-carbon wing leading edge and nose cap using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System will begin at 10:56 p.m.

A few minutes later at 11:02 p.m., Commander Mark Kelly will participate in interviews with four Tucson television stations.

At 5:42 a.m., all nine station and shuttle crew members will participate in an international news conference.

At 8 a.m., Expedition 26/27 crew member Paolo Nespoli will participate in a news briefing to talk about his 157 days aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer. Nespoli and fellow crew members Cady Coleman and Dmitry Kondratyev returned to Earth in a Soyuz at 10:27 p.m. Monday.

Today’s Mission Status Briefing will take place at 9:30 a.m.