Retired shuttle Endeavour lands for Houston stop
Sep 19, 2012, 3:48 PM
HOUSTON (AP) – Space shuttle Endeavour has landed in Houston for a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum.
The shuttle, atop a modified jumbo jet, touched down Wednesday morning on a runway near NASA’s Johnson Space Center at Ellington Field. Hundreds of people cheered wildly during the landing and an earlier fly-by.
It’s being described as a bittersweet moment because Endeavor is not staying at the home of NASA’s Mission Control. Instead, Houston got a full-sized shuttle replica.
Bad weather this week delayed Endeavour’s trip and will cut its time in Houston by a day.
Endeavour departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida earlier Wednesday after a two-day weather delay. It will stay in Houston until Thursday morning.
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