Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California (Update)

November 30, 2008 By JOHN ANTCZAK , Associated Press Writer Space shuttle glides to safe landing in California (AP)

The space shuttle Endeavour touches down at Edwards Air Force Base, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 in Calif. Endeavour's landing ends a 16-day mission during which the shuttle flew to the international space station delivering a new bathroom, kitchen, exercise machine, sleeping quarters and recycling system designed to convert urine and sweat into drinking water. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour slipped out of a brilliant desert sky and touched down safely in California after a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby

7 hours ago | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth

Nov 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Astronauts get extra moving time at space station

Nov 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Shuttle docks at space station, unloads parts (Update 2)

Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Astronauts inspect space shuttle in case of damage

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Rate this story - 3.9 /5 (10 votes)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

7 hours ago | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

Unseasonably hot and dry weather combined with strong winds to fan scores of blazes in the country's southeastern states

Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage

Space & Earth / Environment

13 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.

Commuters wait on the platform shrouded by fog in London

Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 15, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (15) | 45

Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.

Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (21) | 28

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...

UN: Fight climate change with free condoms

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 18, 2009 | 3.1 / 5 (11) | 24

(AP) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.