Space shuttle Atlantis back home in Florida

June 2, 2009

(AP) -- The space shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida.

The shuttle made the trip from California on Tuesday anchored to the top of a Boeing 747.

Atlantis landed in California on May 24 after a 13-day mission to repair and enhance the Hubble Space Telescope. The shuttle landed there because of poor weather at Kennedy Space Center.

It started the trip home on Monday.

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