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Space Shuttle Lands Safely on Second Attempt |
After it had missed the first re-entry attempt due to cloudy weather, the space shuttle Endeavor landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 8:39 p.m. CDT, in complete darkness, thus ending the mission STS-123. Endeavor was supposed to land at 7:05 p.m. CDT, one hour before sunset; but in the last minute before beginning the re-entry procedure, clouds moved in above Florida. Mission control decided to delay the landing until the second scheduled attempt.
After another orbit aro...
Posted originally: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:31:00 GMT
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