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Will space shuttle Endeavour land safely?

Settled as Yes

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) — The US space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday at a California air base to conclude a 16-day mission to the International Space Station, after two Florida landing chances were ruled out due to poor weather.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gsLqXAjNYwZERgzsRXfrEQKxC4bg

Background:

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


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source. http://www.nasa.gov It refers to the next landing of the Endeavour shuttle, regardless of what date it occurs.

 
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Activity: H$31,297
Settled as Yes on Sun 30th Nov 2008 1:51pm PST

Suspend date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 10am PST Settlement date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 1:51pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 30th Nov 2008 10am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 90%

Action history:

Created Sat 29th Nov 2008 9:03am PST by balcacer
Changed Suspend date Sat 29th Nov 2008 1:38pm PST by tisha[Admin]: was: "2008-11-30 15:10:00"
Suspended Sun 30th Nov 2008 10am PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'Yes' Sun 30th Nov 2008 1:51pm PST by tisha[Admin]: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) — The US space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday at a California air base to conclude a 16-day mission to the International Space Station, after two Florida landing chances were ruled out due to poor weather.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gsLqXAjNYwZERgzsRXfrEQKxC4bg

Suspend date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 10am PST Settlement date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 1:51pm PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 30th Nov 2008 10am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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