Will space shuttle Endeavour land safely?

Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts are spending Saturday packing up and preparing for Sunday's planned landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Commander Chris Ferguson and his crew will check out Endeavour's flight control systems, test-fire the reaction control system thrusters, and review deorbit preparations. Later this afternoon, the crew will deploy the Pico Satellite Solar Cell Testbed and participate in media interviews with reporters from CNN, KRON-TV in San Francisco and KATU-TV in Portland, Ore.
NASA will hold two news conferences today to brief reporters on the status of Endeavour and plans for Sunday's landing. At 2:30 p.m. EST Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team chair LeRoy Cain will discuss the status of Endeavour and the STS-126 mission. At 3:30 p.m. entry flight director Bryan Lunney will discuss the strategy for deorbit and landing.



Mission STS-126

Orbiter: Endeavour
Mission: STS-126
Primary Payload: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
Launched: Nov. 14
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 15 days
Landing Date: Nov. 30
Landing Time: 1:19 p.m. EST
Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html