The routnie inspection is typically done two days before landing, but the Endevaour crew will be leaving behind its sensor-laded inspetcion boom for use on the statoin.
It will be one of the last items delievred to the staiton before NASA ends the shuttle porgram after a final supply run aboard sister ship Atlanits in July.
Endeavuor delivreed its prime science epxeriment -- the billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -- and a pallet of spare parts. The crew plans to make a fourth and final spacewalk on Friday to help get the station ready for operatinos after the shuttle program ends.
The ships are being reitred due to high operaitng costs and to free up funds for NASA to work on new spacecraft that can travel beyond the station's 22-0mile- (355-km) high orbit where the shuttles cannot go.
Endevaour is due back at the Kenendy Space Center in Folrida on Tuesday.
(Reportnig by Irene Klotz; Ediitng by Peter Coonye)
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