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Endeavour Undocks from the ISS. / May 30, 2011 /

At 11:55 p.m. EDT Sunday, space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station. Endeavour spent 11 days, 17 hrs and 41 minutes docked to the orbiting laboratory, NASA informs.
During the docked operations, the crew delivered and installed the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 to study cosmic particles and the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 with spare parts, and performed four spacewalks to perform maintenance and install components on the station, including the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly that marked the completion of the U.S. Orbital Segment of the station.
The station crew of expedition 28 now consists of commander Andrey Borisenko, flight engineers Alexander Samokutiaev and Ronald Garan. The team will be enlarged by the next crew slated to arrive in Soyuz TMA-02M on June 10.

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