final flight of space shuttle endeavour at the time, a few months away from launching. i d been working at that point for probably about 13, 14 years as an astronaut. commander mark kelly, seconds away now from the small firing of the reaction control system jet gabby knew the risk involved. i mean, she was there for me for three of my spaceflights. we would talk about the odds. turns out she had the risky job. at a nasa briefing this afternoon, commander mark kelly is expected to announce that he will go ahead and command the shuttle endeavour when it launches. gabby s improving much quicker than the doctors expected. one of her doctors the other day said, this is a 1 percentile kind of improvement. so i started to think about the mission. and i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sds 134.
feet of snowfall. randi, back to you. all right, karen. thank you. time now for the weekend wheel stories we want you to know as you get your day started. astronaut mark kelly is a go for launch. some speculation kelly would skip his scheduled space in addition to be with his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, recovering from last month s shooting in tucson. i started to think about sds-134. about the mission, my crew. the fact i ve been training for it nearly a year and a half, and considering a bunch of other factors, including how, what gabrielle would want me to do and what her parents and her family and my family would like. you know, i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sts-134. commander kelly will resume