Thursday, March 27, 2008

Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely


Endeavour - safely home


The space shuttle Endeavour has made a safe landing in Florida, USA, after 16 days in space; the longest of any shuttle mission. There are total of 11 missions scheduled before the space shuttle is finally retired. Ten missions are required to complete the International Space Station whilst one mission is reserved for maintenance to the Hubble Space Telescope. In an unusual night landing Endeavour touched down at 0:40 GMT [NASA]. The BBC provided extensive Live coverage of the landing as did CNN.

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