George Diller/STS-124 Landing Commentator: The view from the Vehicle
Assembly Building roof at the Kennedy Space Center.
The weather continues to be stable. The clouds that are in the area are, if anything only scattered in some places.
Mission Control: Copy that, we?re watching. George Diller/STS-124 Landing
Commentator:The crew about to activate one
of the three auxiliary power units onboard, in support of the deorbit burn.
Auxiliary power unit number two now activated. Mechanical systems officer in mission control, reports is looking good.
Up on the flight deck of Discovery: Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Ken Ham,
Flight Engineer Ron Garan, Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg. Down on the middeck:
Mike Fossum, Akihiko Hoshide and Garret Reisman. Just over an hour away from returning to earth, after 95 days in space.
The propulsion officer reports the deorbit burn is under way. Two good orbital maneuver system engines.
Discovery headed home to the Kennedy Space Center.