Shuttle, Station Crews Begin Final Day Together

The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 3:44 p.m. EST to the song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by Steven Curtis Chapman, played for Pilot Terry Virts.

The combined crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will field questions from reporters during a Joint Crew News Conference at 9:39 p.m. At 11:39 p.m., they will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate Tranquility and the cupola before closing hatches between the spacecraft at 2:34 a.m. Friday.