The STS-107 crewmembers began preparing for their return to Earth, which is slated for Saturday.

Columbia is slated to land at 8:16 a.m. CST (1416 GMT) Saturday. Forecasts call for favorable weather at landing.

The STS-107 Landing Ground Tracks are available.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/groundtracs/

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Expedition Six Loads Progress 9 with Trash

As the International Space Station sailed above Earth on Tuesday, the

Expedition Six crew began loading the Progress 9 cargo ship with trash.

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The tenth Russian Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station is scheduled to dock at approximately 9:55 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 4.

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The STS-107 Red Team successfully repaired the Water Mist Fire Suppression Experiment on Tuesday. The experiment, which is also known as Mist, will be the third investigation to occur in the Combustion Module.

The NASA family remembers the crews of the Apollo 1 and the Challenger

Full story at www.nasa.gov/today/

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In a remote, hostile, totally alien environment, every life-sustaining resource is precious. In space, other than air, none is more precious than water.

Improving the careful use of that critical resource is the goal of the Vapor Compression Distillation Flight Experiment, which is undergoing tests during the STS-107 Space Shuttle mission launched January 16.

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Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit talked with STS-107 crewmembers Monday morning. At the start of the conversation, which was about 11:34 a.m. CST (1734 GMT), the station was flying.....

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Successfully delivered into orbit by the Pegasus launch vehicle, the SORCE spacecraft continues to operate flawlessly. All planned contacts with SORCE have been successful, and spacecraft commissioning activities are proceeding as planned and on schedule.

During the upcoming week 27 jan, the crew will prepare for the departure of the Progress 9 cargo ship, which is slated to undock from the station Feb. 1. Progress 9 will be filled with trash and other unneeded items, and its departure will make room for the arrival of the Progress 10 cargo ship. The new Progress is slated to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 2 and arrive at the station Feb. 4