The Night Sky Guy

Shuttle Finally Lands in California

NASA TV

Space shuttle Atlantis and the STS-125 astronauts are back to Earth  this afternoon, after a busy and successful mission. With NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope serviced, the crew ended the mission at Edwards Air Force Base in California after three days of wave-offs at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida due to bad weather.

Next up for the shuttle will be a big mission for Canada when veteran astronaut Julie Payette blasts off on Endeavour to visit the International Space Station.  By that time hopefully another Canadian, Robert Thirsk, will be aboard ISS to greet Payette. This will be the first time two Canadians will meet up in space. Thirsk is scheduled to liftoff  on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft in a few days.

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