Astronauts Ready Ship for Ride Home

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer

In a photo provided by NASA, the STS-123 crew on Sunday March 23, 2008, onboard the international space station pose for an in-space crew portrait on the last fulle day on the International Space Station. Clockwise from the lower right corner are astronauts Dominic Gorie, commander; Robert L. Behnken and Rick Linnehan, both mission specialists; Gregory H. Johnson, pilot; and Mike Foreman and JAXA\'s Takao Doi, both mission specialists. Shuttle Endeavor left the space station on Monday and is due back on Easth Wednesday. (AP Photo/ho/NASA)

(AP) -- Their incredibly successful mission nearly over, shuttle Endeavour's astronauts readied their spaceship for Wednesday evening's ride home.

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