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March 26, 2008

Space Shuttle Endeavour Set for Return to Earth
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1BAA4F7:A6F02AD83191E1605B63D17C462253CA70AD7039DCD7B7E4& Shuttle crew added
new components to International Space Station during a two-week
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International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as
two spacecraft begin their relative separation, 24 Mar 2008The U.S.
space agency NASA says the weather forecast is good for Wednesday
night's scheduled landing of the space shuttle Endeavour.

The shuttle is returning to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after
a two-week mission to add new components to the International Space
Station. NASA officials say space debris left a small crack in one of
Endeavour's cockpit windows, but insist it poses no threat to the crew
during re-entry.

Endeavour's seven-member crew delivered the first part of Japan's
three-piece Kibo laboratory, as well as a Canadian-built robot
designed to perform external maintenance tasks on the orbital outpost.

A total of five spacewalks were conducted during the mission,
including one that involved testing a new method for repairing damaged
shuttle heat shield tiles.

Endeavour is also bringing back French astronaut Leopold Eyharts, who
spent one and one-half months aboard the ISS. He is being replaced by
American Garrett Reisman.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.




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