Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands In California

Florida California Thunderstorms prevented the shuttle from returning to its Florida home base for the third day in a row.

by The Associated Press

Published: Sun, May 24, 2009 - 12:59 pm CST Last Updated: Sun, May 24, 2009 - 1:02 pm CST

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis and
its seven astronauts are back on Earth.
Atlantis landed Sunday morning in California, ending a
successful 13-day mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope.
Thunderstorms prevented the shuttle from returning to its Florida
home base for the third day in a row. Commander Scott Altman was
grateful for the beautiful desert weather.
The astronauts left behind a refurbished Hubble that scientists
say is better than ever. Researchers expect it to churn out
pictures of the universe for another five to 10 years.
It will take about a week to get Atlantis back to Kennedy Space
Center in Florida, and cost NASA close to $2 million. The previous
Edwards shuttle landing was in November.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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carl Says:

Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:41 pm

Add that $2,000,000 to the cost of refurbishing the Hubble.I’m all for space exploration but this seems to be beating a dead horse.I guess their money just grows on trees while the other 99.9% of us have to scrimp by.