 |  Discovery to Land Today
 11 September 2009
Discovery’s heat shield was cleared for landing Wednesday, and the crew checked out the systems that will be used to control Discovery’s return to Earth. The first landing opportunity is at for 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, but Mission Control is monitoring weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A second opportunity is available on the following orbit at 8:42 p.m. Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Kevin Ford spent Wednesday preparing the shuttle for re-entry, completing a checkout of the flight control systems and test-firing the shuttle’s reaction control system thrusters.
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