Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON –The crews of Discovery and the International Space Station bid one other farewell, closing the hatch between the two spacecraft at 3:42 p.m.
Before exiting the station, the shuttle crew installed a backup drive for the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm and transferred last minute experiment samples and equipment to Discovery.
The astronauts also enjoyed a few of hours of off-duty time before gathering in the Harmony module at 2:55 p.m. to say goodbye.
Photo above credit: NASA. NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman, STS-124 mission specialist, and Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the STS-124 crewmembers from the Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. Reisman, who joined the station's crew in March, is being replaced by Chamitoff, who arrived at the station with the STS-124 crew.
The crew begins its sleep period at 7:02 p.m. and awakens at 3:02 a.m. Wednesday.
Undocking from the International Space Station is set for 6:42 a.m.
Bye for now,
Nick.
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