TONY ANTONELLI: We, the STA has reported some few clouds at about 2,000 feet. The coverage is about, characterized as an
eighth and it's eight miles south of the SLF and it's been there for about an hour and a half with not much change. And at this time,
you are "go" for the deorbit burn. SHUTTLE: Copy, Delta, the deorbit burn and copy the weather.
MISSION CONTROL: This is Mission Control Houston. Spacecraft communicator Tony Antonelli letting the folks onboard
the Space Shuttle Atlantis know that they have a "go" for the deorbit burn. That deorbit burn will take place in 20 minutes and
54 seconds. It'll be a 2-minute and 40-second-long burn of the orbital maneuvering system engines at Atlantis' aft end.
ANTONELLI: And Atlantis, stand by.
MISSION CONTROL: Atlantis will maneuver into position with its tail facing in the direction of travel to fire those engines and
begin the descent toward the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
ANTONELLI: Stand by here. We're discussing the comm. plan, and we, that's going to put us on the lower right antenna, so we're
discussing when, exactly, we want that. SHUTTLE: Copy. We're standing by.
MISSION CONTROL: That 2-minute, 40-second-long burn of the orbital maneuvering system engine should slow the spaceship by
about 200 miles an hour and begin its entry, re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.