Shuttle undocks from ISS, deploys satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2002, 11:06 PM ET (0406 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Monday afternoon as the STS-113 mission winds down. The shuttle undocked from ISS at 3:05 pm EST (2005 GMT), two hours after hatches between the two spacecraft closed. Endeavour performed a one-quarter lap around the station before departing the vicinity of ISS about an hour later. Two hours after undocking Endeavour deployed a pair of "picosatellites" called MEPSI developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The two spacecraft, attached by a 15-meter tether, are designed to demonstrate technologies to be used on future small spacecraft. Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth on Wednesday, landing at the Kennedy Space Center at 3:48 pm EST (2048 GMT), although current forecasts call for "questionable" weather for landing attempts both Wednesday and Thursday.
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Monday afternoon as the STS-113 mission winds down. The shuttle undocked from ISS at 3:05 pm EST (2005 GMT), two hours after hatches between the two spacecraft closed. Endeavour performed a one-quarter lap around the station before departing the vicinity of ISS about an hour later. Two hours after undocking Endeavour deployed a pair of "picosatellites" called MEPSI developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The two spacecraft, attached by a 15-meter tether, are designed to demonstrate technologies to be used on future small spacecraft. Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth on Wednesday, landing at the Kennedy Space Center at 3:48 pm EST (2048 GMT), although current forecasts call for "questionable" weather for landing attempts both Wednesday and Thursday.
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