Endeavour prepares for midday landing With their work in orbit completed, the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour prepared to land a day early Tuesday because of the threat NASA had once feared Hurricane Dean would pose to Mission Control. Astronauts leave station, inspect ship With Hurricane Dean considered hardly any threat to Mission Control, Endeavour's astronauts left the international space station a day early and inspected their ship one final time Sunday to make sure it's safe for re-entry. NASA orders shuttle home 1 day early NASA on Saturday ordered space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth a day early out of fear that Hurricane Dean might disrupt flight operations.