Endeavor lands after 16-day trip

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Source: CCTV.com | 03-28-2008 14:56

The US shuttle Endeavor has returned home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ending its 16-day construction mission to the International Space Station.

The space shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida March 26, 2008.  Endeavour ends a 16-day mission to the International  Space Station. [Agencies]

After a journey of 6.5 million miles, Endeavor touched down just one hour after sunset with its seven astronauts on board.

Endeavor's commander Dominic Gorie said afterwards that it had been a very rewarding mission, with excitement from start to finish.

Endeavor blasted off into space on March 11th in a night-time launch.

It delivered a Canadian-built robot and the first component of Japan's orbital laboratory Kibo to the space station.