Shuttle Astronauts Set Records, Head Home
Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the international space station and headed home with three men whose half-year stay set a U.S. endurance record.
Russian Yuri Onufrienko and Americans Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch are due back on Earth on Monday, on what will be the 194th day of their mission. They’ve already put in an order for pizza.
Endeavour ended a weeklong visit to switch space station crews and fix the outpost’s robotic arm.
The mission will be a personal record for Onufrienko. A fellow cosmonaut holds the world space endurance record: 438 days.
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