Endeavour Departs International Space Station

The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station parted company today, with all of the docked mission’s objectives complete. Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station at 1:26 p.m. EDT. After completing a fly-around of the space station, shuttle Endeavour will perform a maneuver to separate from the station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata will be returning home on Endeavour after four months as a member of the Expedition 18, 19 and 20 crews. The station’s newest NASA flight engineer, Tim Kopra, arrived aboard Endeavour.

The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station parted company today, with all of the docked mission’s objectives complete. Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station at 1:26 p.m. EDT. After completing a fly-around of the space station, shuttle Endeavour will perform a maneuver to separate from the station. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Astronaut Koichi Wakata will be returning home on Endeavour after four months as a member of the Expedition 18, 19 and 20 crews. The station’s newest NASA flight engineer, Tim Kopra, arrived aboard Endeavour.