Since the crew has fully shifted their sleep schedules, hopefully they are all snoozing in their beds about now. Tonight, they will do some suit checks, practice landings and work on their crew notebooks. I forgot to mention in an earlier blog, that the STS-130 crew will be bringing some moon rocks from the Apollo 11 mission to the ISS. Astronaut Scott Parazynski climbed Mt. Everest last year with these moon rocks in his pocket and then also picked up some rocks from Everest. Both rocks have been mounted on a plaque which will be attached inside the Tranquility module. Pretty amazing to think of....it reminds me of the verse in Isaiah "Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name." This beautiful photo was taken by Terry from the cockpit of a T38.
Wow, Stacy! The allegorical comparison is astounding. Two rare stones, each obtained through means of relative equivalent difficulty (manned travel to/from the moon; man's ascent/descent of the highest mountain on the earth), are carried together to the ISS to "tranquil" between both places of origin...on another amazing journey by Terry and the STS-130 crew, all empowered by our incredible Creator. Read in the Providence (RI) Journal this morning that the countdown has begun! Mary Ann and I are excited for Terry, have your family in our prayers, and can't wait to see ya'll Saturday!
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