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Delayed slightly by weather, Endeavour lands safely

by Stephen Withers
Thursday, 27 March 2008
! Despite a delay of approximately 90 minutes caused by cloud over Florida, space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center. Related stories Have you seen Uranus recently? Simonyi schedules second space sortie Linux speaks your instant messaging dialect NASA announces major delay in Hubble repair mission Jules Verne ATV completes mission with fiery re-entry The delay resulted in an unusual night-time landing for the shuttle, but that provided a degree of symmetry as its launch also took place in darkness. Endeavour's 16-day STS-123 mission to the International Space Station included the installation of the first part of the Japanese Kibo laboratory and of the Canadian Dextre two-armed robotic system. The ISS is now over two-thirds complete. The next shuttle mission, scheduled for late May, will see Discovery deliver the main section of Kibo. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags International Space Station NASA Space Space Shuttle Space Station Spacecraft Stephen Withers Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now