Endeavour lands in Florida
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2001, 5:45 PM ET (2245 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center Monday afternoon to bring the STS-108 mission to a close. The shuttle landed at 12:55 pm EST (1755 GMT) at KSC's runway 15, ending the 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour returned with the ISS's Expedition Three crew of Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Turin, who spent four months in space. The flight was the sixth and final shuttle mission of 2001. The next shuttle mission, the flight of Columbia on STS-109, a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, is currently scheduled for launch on February 14.
The space shuttle Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center Monday afternoon to bring the STS-108 mission to a close. The shuttle landed at 12:55 pm EST (1755 GMT) at KSC's runway 15, ending the 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour returned with the ISS's Expedition Three crew of Frank Culbertson, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Turin, who spent four months in space. The flight was the sixth and final shuttle mission of 2001. The next shuttle mission, the flight of Columbia on STS-109, a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, is currently scheduled for launch on February 14.| <<previous article | next article>> |
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