Image above: STS-118 Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, KD5VNP (left) and Commander Scott Kelly

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Endeavour undergoes heat shield inspection

Pilot Charles Hobaugh, and mission specialists Tracy Caldwell and Rick Mastracchio, KC5ZTE, used the shuttle’s robotic arm and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) to take an extensive and detailed look at the orbiter’s thermal protection system. Mission specialists Dave Williams and Barbara Morgan, KD5VNP, joined Mastracchio for the latter part of the survey.

Morgan is the mission's Educator Astronaut. She was selected for the astronaut corps 22 years after first being selected as Christa McAuliffe's backup in the Teacher in Space Project. McAuliffe and the rest of the seven-member crew were killed when the space shuttle Challenger exploded on take-off in 1986.

While in space, Morgan plans to answer questions from schoolchildren. Barbara gained her Amateur Radio license and callsign, KD5VNP, back in March of 2003.

The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour was awakened for its first full day in orbit at 8:37 a.m. EDT by the song “Where My Heart Will Take Me,” performed by Russell Watson. It was played for Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio.

In preparation for Endeavour’s rendezvous and docking with the space station, crew members installed a centerline camera. It will help Commander Scott Kelly pilot the orbiter during its approach to the station docking port.

Crew members also checked out rendezvous tools and extended the Orbiter Docking System ring. Endeavour is scheduled to dock at 1:53 p.m. Friday.