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August 21, 2007
Endeavour lands safely in Florida
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour came home a day early on Tuesday after NASA decided to cut short its mission in case Hurricane Dean shut down Johnson Space Center, which directs the shuttle's re-entry and landing.The shuttle touched down at Kennedy Space Center at 12:32 p.m. ET, 13 days after its departure on a mission to help assemble parts of the international space station.
"Welcome back. You give new meaning to the term 'higher education,' " mission control told the seven-member crew, which includes former teacher Barbara Morgan.
I've been keeping an eye on this mission because I've always liked Barbara Morgan. She finally got her chance to go into space. I just hate that her trip was cut short, but at least it was a good one. Welcome home!
Found via CNN.
Posted by Dianne at August 21, 2007 3:10 PM
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