Shuttle lands in Florida
Posted: Fri, Jul 31, 2009, 6:07 PM ET (2207 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed in Florida Friday morning, completing a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour touched down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:48 am EDT (1448 GMT) on its first landing opportunity at the Florida site. Endeavour spent 16 days in space on the STS-127 mission, adding an experiment "porch" to the exterior of the Japanese lab module Kibo and performing five spacewalks to outfit that facility and carry out other work on the station. Endeavour returned with Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut who spent over four months on the station; Tim Kopra, who flew to the station on Endeavour, remained on the ISS after the shuttle departed.
The space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed in Florida Friday morning, completing a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour touched down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:48 am EDT (1448 GMT) on its first landing opportunity at the Florida site. Endeavour spent 16 days in space on the STS-127 mission, adding an experiment "porch" to the exterior of the Japanese lab module Kibo and performing five spacewalks to outfit that facility and carry out other work on the station. Endeavour returned with Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut who spent over four months on the station; Tim Kopra, who flew to the station on Endeavour, remained on the ISS after the shuttle departed.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
New Virgin Galactic spaceplane arrives at Spaceport America
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Monday, November 2
Forum: Springs’ space future is bright without Space Command
Colorado Springs Gazette — 5:37 am ET (1037 GMT) S. Korea's Air Force to participate in U.S.-led space war game for 1st time
Yonhap News — 5:35 am ET (1035 GMT) The growing threats that make the Space Force essential
Washington Examiner — 5:33 am ET (1033 GMT) Lawfare against Elon Musk could affect the Artemis program
The Hill — 5:26 am ET (1026 GMT) Southland's global space company won't write down military policy
The Southland App (NZ) — 5:25 am ET (1025 GMT) |
