Station Crew Hopes to Land Despite Rain
Despite rain in the forecast, space shuttle Endeavour aimed for a touchdown today to end a six-month-plus voyage for the crew of the international space station.
It was a quiet Father’s Day in orbit for record-setting American astronauts Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch and their Russian commander, Yuri Onufrienko. They have nine children among them.
Walz said the first thing he wants to do, after being off the planet since December, is to hug and kiss his wife and two children.
Sunday was the 193rd day in orbit for Walz, Bursch and Onufrienko. That’s the most time ever spent in space by Americans in a single stretch.
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