 Again, the jet thruster firings are referred to by Flight Director Jeff Bantle in his conversation with Commander Dave Walker, involve a series of pre-programmed tests built into the timeline to enable instruments on the free-flying 4,300-pound satellite to record the pressure, heat, and characterization of the jet thruster firings of an orbiting space shuttle against a free-flying space structure. Again, this live picture from cameras aboard endeavors located in the payload bay showing the wake shield facility as the orbiter approaches the 200-foot mark from the satellite. That is expected with the wheel speed, and prior to getting into grapple range, we'd like safe hold. The wake shield facility has once again been placed in the safe hold mode to ensure an extra layer of protection for its attitude control system, and in this view you can see the robot arm being maneuvered into place for the eventual grapple of the wake shield facility. This view from a payload bay camera in the rear of endeavors cargo bay showing the robot arm being extended towards the wake shield facility for a grapple. Flight controllers here are watching the attitude control system on the wake shield very carefully, making sure it is as stable as possible at the time that the end effector reaches the grapple fixture on the satellite. Everything has gone pretty much by the book this morning, a flawless rendezvous by Commander Dave Walker and pilot Ken Cockrell to get Endeavour back into position to conduct a series of jet thruster firings upon the wake shield facility from distances of 290 and 200 feet. Unofficially a total of 14 jet thruster firings were conducted to gather valuable data on heat, pressure and forces impinged upon the free flying satellite by the orbiter's jet thrusters. Astronaut Jim Newman at the aft flight deck of Endeavour now slowly moving the robot arm in for the capture of the wake shield facility to complete three days of free flight. Flight controllers here very happy with the performance of wake shield it is a very stable satellite. Good view now of the end effector of the robot arm manned by Jim Newman on the aft flight deck of Endeavour moving in slowly but surely for the capture of the wake shield facility. The orbiter now in so-called free drift no jet thruster firings anymore as Jim Newman moves the robot arm carefully in for the grapple of the wake shield. Astronaut Jim Newman has backed the arm off so he can realign the end effector with the grapple fixture. The end effector is now aligned with the grapple fixture. Flight controllers report the capture of the wake shield facility. Outstanding Endeavour. I'm mighty proud of my dog story. This is mission control Houston as Endeavour flies over the Gulf of Mexico it holds the wake shield facility in place on the end of the shuttle's robot arm the other of the two free flying satellites that were deployed and retrieved by Endeavour during this flight the Spartan spacecraft can be seen in the payload bay in this particular camera view in this view from the rear payload bay cameras Houston Endeavour. This is the wake side of the wake shield facility the side on which the carousel is located and the growth of these thin film epitaxial materials has been conducted over three days of free flight the arm now in motion ready to rebirth the wake shield facility back into the payload bay. This is mission control Houston the payload deployment and retrieval officer here in the flight control room confirming that we are in the final activities for the birthing of the wake shield. This is mission control Houston in this view from one of the rear payload bay cameras on board Endeavour we see the wake shield facility close to its birthing position with Jim Newman at the controls of the shuttle's robot arm ready to place that 4300 pound satellite back into its carrier. In this view of Endeavour's payload bay we see the wake shield facility being maneuvered very slowly back into its birth position and its cross bay carrier mounted directly behind the Spartan spacecraft which was the first of the two satellites to be deployed and successfully retrieved by the five member crew on board Endeavour. This is mission control Houston we are receiving television from Endeavour's payload bay cameras as Endeavour currently is flying just to the west of Mexico on a track that will take it skirting along the western coast of Central America. Endeavour continues to circle the earth head in altitude of about 217 nautical miles. Tucked in its payload bay this morning the wake shield facility having completed three days of free flying operations during which four out of seven possible thin film growths were successfully completed.