Space Shuttle ready to come back to Earth

The astronauts have accomplished their work in orbit. Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts got the green light to return to Earth, but were warned about the weather at the main land siting could keep them away for another day or send them across the country. Mission Control informed the seven astronauts that Endeavour had been cleared for re-entry following analysis of data beamed down from a final thermal survey of their ship. The space shuttle was not found in any serious defects caused by space junk that could jeopardize the descent.Endeavour originally was supposed to land Saturday, but mission managers kept the astronauts at the space station an extra day to help with the balky urine processor. The weather was beautiful Saturday at kennedy space center, but a cold front was expected to bring stiff wind and possibly thunderstorms on Sunday and even worse conditions on Monday.

Source: 2008, November 29). Shuttle ready to come down to Earth. Retrieved November 29, 2008, from www.cnn.com Web site: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/29/space.shuttle.ap/index.html