Image above: STS-124 and Expedition 17 crew members wave to the camera after bidding farewell to one another Tuesday. Photo credit: NASA TV

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Discovery and station crews say goodbye

The STS-124 and Expedition 17 crews bid one another farewell, and the hatch between the two spacecraft closed Tuesday at 4:42 p.m. EDT.

Discovery is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 7:42 a.m. Wednesday.

The STS-124 crew arrived at the station June 2, delivering the Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM), the second pressurized component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory, to the station.

In addition, the STS-124 astronauts delivered Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ, who replaced Astronaut Garrett Reisman, KE5HAE, on the station. Reisman is returning to Earth aboard Discovery.

The astronauts also performed three spacewalks while at the station.

Discovery is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday.

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