At 11 p.m. EST, space shuttle Endeavour began the nine-minute R-Bar pitch maneuver, also known as the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or “backflip.” With Commander George Zamka at the controls, Endeavour is rotating backwards to enable space station astronauts Jeff Williams and Oleg Kotov to take high resolution pictures of the shuttle’s heat shield.
Docking is scheduled for 12:06 a.m.