CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- Touchdown. Welcome home Endeavour crew. After a 16 day mission to the International Space Station, the Shuttle and its 7 astronauts have returned safely to Earth.

PER NASA:
Touchdown for Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space shuttle Endeavour touched down at 10:48: a.m. EDT. at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Commander Mark Polansky is expected to make a brief statement on the runway after the post-landing walk-around of the shuttle. The post-landing news conference is set for approximately 1 p.m. and will air live on NASA Television. The crew’s news conference is set to begin at about 3:15 p.m. The astronauts return to Houston's Ellington Field is tentatively set for about 5 p.m. Saturday.

STS-127 was the 127th space shuttle mission, the 23rd flight for Endeavour and the 29th shuttle visit to the station.
PER NASA: Five Minutes

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:43:52 AM EDT

Endeavour continues on its prescribed landing path toward Kennedy. Polansky will guide the shuttle along the heading alignment cylinder in about two minutes.
Endeavour at Mach 2.5

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:42:12 AM EDT

The shuttle has slowed to Mach 2.5. Six minutes to landing.
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10 Minutes to Landing

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:38:22 AM EDT
# Endeavour will glide over Cuba before heading up Florida's Atlantic coast oin its way to Kennedy. Landing is still on schedule for 10:48 p.m. Shuttle is 443,000 feet above Earth.
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Roll Reversal

Moving at 11,000 mph and slowing, Endeavour is turning to the right now to conclude a sweeping S-turn that helps the shuttle dissipate speed and energy. 450 miles to go.

The Shuttle Endeavour is on its way back. Mission Control gave a " go" for deorbit burn. It is scheduled to touchdown on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center in about 20 minutes at 10:48 PM Eastern.

PER NASA:Endeavour has completed its deorbit burn and begun the descent towards NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle is set to land at about 10:48 a.m. ED