Discovery prepares to come home

The photo above was taken by the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery as the orbiter separated from the international space station. The two spacecraft closed their hatches and undocked yesterday afternoon.

The crew of Discovery spent today inspecting the orbiter for damage that could cause problems on re-entry. The are scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday afternoon.

Every morning, Mission Control wakes the astronauts up with music. And what tune did they wake up to this morning? Enter Sandman, by Metallica. Rock on!