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Space shuttle came back after mission to Hubble

Edwards, USA - Endeavour was ready on the case of a rescue mission was needed

Space shuttle Atlantis finally managed to come back yesterday at 11:39 EDT (15:39 GMT) at Edwards Air Force Base in California as bad weather waved off all the previous landing attempts at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida (see AVIONEWS). The servicing mission to Hubble space telescope lasted 12 days, 21 hours, 37 minutes, 9 seconds and it covered a total distance of 8,491 million kilometers. American...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1104963
Rome, Italy, 05/25/2009 13:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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