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Space Shuttle Endeavor Lands Safely

Space shuttle Endeavor has landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center, apparently unaffected by a hole in its underbelly. It touched down at 12:32 Eastern time in perfect weather. From Space.com: Commander Scott Kelly and pilot Charlie Hobaugh guided the Orbiter on its fiery plunge through the atmosphere and hour-long free-fall descent back to Earth, […]

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Space shuttle Endeavor has landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center, apparently unaffected by a hole in its underbelly. It touched down at 12:32 Eastern time in perfect weather. From Space.com:

Commander
Scott Kelly and pilot Charlie Hobaugh guided the Orbiter on its fiery plunge through the atmosphere and hour-long free-fall descent back to Earth, then precisely executed a series of turns and banking maneuvers that slowed the vehicle for its powerless landing on the 3-mile long Runway 15 at the Kennedy
Space Center.

Endeavour passed over Costa Rica, Cuba, crossing the south Florida coast near Cape Sable, west of Miami – on its northeasterly path to the Shuttle Landing Facility. The
Orbiter approached the landing site from the northwest, made a 210-degree left overhead turn in the skies above the space center, announcing its arrival with the trademark twin sonic booms as the vehicle slowed for touchdown.

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