Shuttle Scheduled to Land
After the resent devastation of hurricane Dean, NASA has announced that the space shuttle Endeavour will land tomorrow.
Meteorologists say that Hurricane Dean, having already taken 8 lives, might gain speed though Mexico and become a category five Hurricane. Which is why NASA is bringing the Endeavour down early.
The Endeavour is scheduled to land at 12:32 p.m. Eastern but in case it has troubles there are back up plans to land at 2:06 p.m. It could also be diverted to Edwards Air Force in California to land at 3:37 p.m., 5:11 p.m. or 6:48 p.m.
There have also been worrys about a small gouge in the heat tiles on the Endeavour’s bell. Whilst this presents a problem, NASA says that the risks of sending astronauts on a spacewalk below the shuttle to repair the gouge outweighed the benefits. Scott Kelly commander of the Endeavour said:
“We agree absolutely 100 percent with the decision to not repair the damage,”
It now appears that Hurricane Dean will make landfall in central Mexico, hundreds to the miles of the south of Houston.
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