Endeavour back home again safely
Very cool - from
CNN:
Shuttle lands safely in Florida
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.
I was worried about the deep gash on its belly. The insulating foam used to be very strong and reliable but NASA was forced to switch to another formula because the old one used Freon. The new formula is not as strong...
Posted by DaveH at August 21, 2007 2:17 PM