Shuttle heads home from space station
From Times Wire Reports
Shuttle Endeavour pulled away from the international space station and headed for home after 12 days of shared work, the longest mission of its kind.
The 10 astronauts performed a record-tying five spacewalks, put together a space station robot and provided a new Japanese compartment -- and resident -- for the orbiting complex.
“In my mind, in my view, it’s been an extraordinary mission,” said LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team.
The shuttle is due to land at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday.
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