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| Image above: Space Shuttle Endeavour rolls down the
runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in
Florida. Image: NASA TV |
Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled to a stop Tuesday at the Shuttle Landing
Facility after a perfect landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Commander Scott Kelly guided the spacecraft through its complicated glide
back to Earth at 12:32 EDT, completing a mission that added a new piece
to the International Space Station, delivered almost three tons of supplies
to the laboratory and proved a new power transfer system works.
The landing also marked the completion of teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara
Morgan, KD5VNP's first spaceflight.
While at the station, the astronauts conducted four spacewalks to continue
on-orbit construction and perform repair work at the station. The major
spacewalking tasks included the installation of the Starboard 5 truss,
replacement of a faulty attitude control gyroscope and preparations for
assembly work by future crews.
STS-118 is the 119th space shuttle flight and the 22nd shuttle mission
to visit the station. The next shuttle mission, STS-120, is targeted to
launch in late October.
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