An end to our endeavor
August 21st, 2007, 11:00 am · Post a Comment · posted by Aaron
The weather proved favorable on the east coast, allowing the space shuttle Endeavor successfully touch down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday. According to NASA, the shuttle landed at 12:32 p.m. eastern time after nearly two weeks in space. Concerns about Hurricane Dean approaching Mission Control in Texas brought the shuttle home a bit early, but the astronauts were still able to complete four space walks to install and repair equipment on the International Space Station, a NASA release stated. It flew a total of 5.3 million miles.
NASA officials deactivated Edwards Air Force Base, the shuttle’s back-up landing site, on Monday for the possible Tuesday landing. Crosswinds might have shifted the shuttle landing to the Mojave Desert on Wednesday, but shuttle commander Scott Kelly and pilot Charles Hobaugh got the go ahead from NASA to bring the shuttle down in Florida. The next shuttle mission is scheduled to launch in October. No word on the potential weather around landing time.
Aaron Aupperlee | Staff writer
Photo by The Associated Press
