Shuttle lands in California
Posted: Sun, May 24, 2009, 1:07 PM ET (1707 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in California on Sunday morning after weather kept the orbiter from returning to Florida. Atlantis touched down on runway 22 of Edwards Air Force Base at 11:39 am EDT (1539 GMT) Sunday, the first of two opportunities today to land the shuttle in California. NASA had hoped to land the shuttle in Florida, but weather conditions were too "dynamic" for shuttle managers to approve a landing there. Atlantis spent nearly 13 days in orbit on the STS-125 mission, successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of five spacewalks.
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in California on Sunday morning after weather kept the orbiter from returning to Florida. Atlantis touched down on runway 22 of Edwards Air Force Base at 11:39 am EDT (1539 GMT) Sunday, the first of two opportunities today to land the shuttle in California. NASA had hoped to land the shuttle in Florida, but weather conditions were too "dynamic" for shuttle managers to approve a landing there. Atlantis spent nearly 13 days in orbit on the STS-125 mission, successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of five spacewalks.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Monday, October 12
Musk vows ‘affordable’ Starlink in India as he escalates feud with Ambani
Reuters — 1:05 am ET (0505 GMT) Elon Musk says Starlink will be affordable in India; Govt officials call claims on licence ‘blatantly false’
The Week (India) — 1:05 am ET (0505 GMT) Starlink Launch Targeted for Monday Afternoon at Vandenberg
Santa Barbara (CA) Edhat — 1:04 am ET (0504 GMT) ‘Starlink poses security challenges’: BJP's Nishikant Dubey hits out at Elon Musk as row escalates
Hindustan Times — 1:03 am ET (0503 GMT) SpaceX has a plan to make your phone carrier obsolete
TheStreet.com — 1:01 am ET (0501 GMT) |
