This concludes our journal coverage for mission STS-100. The crew said it is good to be back and it expressed appreciation to everyone who made the mission possible. A 4.9-million mile mission is in the books. Endeavour has landed and is rolling down the runway 2-2 at Edwards. Sonic booms echo across Edwards and the Dryden Flight Research Center.
Skies are clear.
NASA TV is showing first images of Endeavour as it approaches Edwards. Out my window in Florida, a coast and 3,000 miles away, rain clouds are building again to the east over the Atlantic Ocean and a gator sits peacefully at the edge of the retention pond, resting his head on the shore in the warm sunshine. Eleven minutes to touchdown and the conclusion of the 104th mission in space shuttle history. Endeavour is still flying at more than 10 times the speed of sound as it performs roll reversals to slow its forward speed. Endeavour is about 2,600 miles from touchdown at this point.