Endeavour/STS-134 Flight Day 12 Recap

This morning, I watched a historical event happen right in front of my eyes.

Well, to tell the truth, it wasn't quite in front of my eyes, because I was stuck down here on Earth and the event was taking place at the International Space Station! But still, I felt very privileged to watch live the end of the fourth and final spacewalk (or "EVA", for "Extra-Vehicular Activity) for STS-134. Executed by shuttle astronauts Mike Fincke (depicted above) and Greg Chamitoff, with the end of this spacewalk this morning came the end of spacewalks conducted by any shuttle crew.

Even though there is one more shuttle mission left to fly, on this next-to-last mission any spacewalks conducted by shuttle astronauts has come to an end. Period. Done. Forever. While that is kind of sad, it's cool to know that the construction of the International Space Station is finally complete. After over 1,000 hours of spacewalking, and 12 years of construction, the ISS is finally all built. Wow.

So much for all serious blabber! Here (below) is a video chronicling Flight Day 12--also known as today--for STS-134. Naturally, most of the video chronicles EVA 4, and tributes to the shuttle, EVA, and ISS construction teams. Enjoy--don't forget to come to my actual blog to see it! :D

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P.S.--I almost forgot to remind you that Endeavour is landing June 1, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center (hopefully!). It's gonna be at 2:35am EDT...but for the crazy few who are going watch it live (including myself!) go to www.nasa.gov/ntv to watch at the appropriate time.


Endeavour/STS-134 Flight Day 12 Recap