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06-11-2008, 08:22 AM
With Pilot Ken Ham at the controls, space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 7:42 a.m. EDT. The two spacecraft were docked for eight days, 17 hours, 39 minutes. Discovery is backing away to a distance of 400 feet. Ham will fly Discovery around the station before beginning the final separation from the station at about 9:25 a.m. At about 11:12 a.m., the crew will conduct the late inspection of the shuttle heat shield, using the orbiter boom sensor system.