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Blogger update, 11:30 a.m.: Endeavour's International Space Station flyaround and first two separation burns are complete.
Blogger update, 11 a.m.: Endeavour's third and final separation burn will be delayed about five hours, to 5:20 p.m., as a precaution to avoid space junk - pieces of a defunct Russian satellite. As a result, heat shield inspections scheduled to begin around 1:45 p.m. could start a bit earlier.
Blogger update, 10:48 a.m.: Station commander Mike Fincke told Endeavour's crew the orbiter looks "clean and dry from the top," seen as the shuttle flew below the station.
"You guys look great from this perspective, too," Endeavour commander Chris Ferguson replied.
Blogger update, 10:37 a.m.: Endeavour may delay a final separation thruster burn, planned around 12:15 p.m., to avoid getting near pieces of a defunct Russian satellite.
Shortly after advancing some 450 feet in front of the International Space Station, Endeavour has begun a flyaround of the station, slightly ahead of schedule.
Pilot Eric Boe is guiding the shuttle through 1.5 revolutions around the station. The shuttle's cargo bay is facing the outpost so pictures can be taken of it, to help NASA assess its condition on the outside.
It's the last step before the shuttle jets about 50 miles away to begin heat shield inspections.
"Looks like Col. Boe is doing an outstanding flyaround," NASA flight communicator Steve Robinson said from Houston.
The sequence of still images below shows the flyaround in progress.
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