Endeavour Ends 7-Day Mission
Endeavour and its crew of five glided through a hazy sky and landed Tuesday, completing a mission that featured a space walk and other preparatory steps for building space station Freedom.
Endeavour circled Earth 96 times and traveled 2,501,277 miles during its voyage, which ended just a few miles from where it began last Wednesday.
Fog prevented the shuttle from landing at sunrise as planned and almost forced a detour to Edwards Air Force Base in California. Mission Control monitored the weather until the last moment before directing shuttle commander John Casper to land at Kennedy.
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