Photo Ed: U.S. Space shuttle Endeavour back to Ear
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The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday at a California air base concluding a 16-day mission to double living capacity at the International Space Station.
The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour deploys a parachute after touching down at Edwards Air Force Base in California November 30, 2008. The orbiter touched down at Edwards Air Force Base after being diverted from NASA's Kennedy Space Center due to weather concerns. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
The Space Shuttle Endeavour comes in for a landing in the Mojave Desert instead of the Kennedy Space Center because of deteriorating weather conditions at the Florida landing site on November 30, 2008 at Edwards Air Force Base near Rosamond, California. The landing concludes mission STS-126 to the International Space Station on November 14 to prepare the space station for long-duration missions. The astronauts performed four spacewalks to service two Solar Alpha Rotary Joints, which allow the solar arrays to track the sun, and installed new equipment including a water recovery system, an exercise device, a second toilet, and additional sleeping quarters to accommodate six crew members. David McNew/Getty Images/AFP
A parachute deploys as the space shuttle Endeavour touches down at Edwards Air Force Base, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 in Calif. Endeavour's landing ends a 16-day mission during which the shuttle flew to the international space station delivering a new bathroom, kitchen, exercise machine, sleeping quarters and recycling system designed to convert urine and sweat into drinking water. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Clouds move in behind the Vehicle Assembly building as unfavorable weather prevented space shuttle Endeavour from landing at its home base at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
US space shuttle Endeavour on November 30, 2008 as it touches down for landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California completing a sixteen day mission in space with The International Space Station. AFP PHOTO/NASA VIDEO
A NASA employee watches the NASA television broadcast of space shuttle Endeavour's landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, November 30, 2008, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Both landing attempts of Endeavour at the space center were waved off due to weather in Florida, so the shuttle was diverted to California. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA
US space shuttle Endeavour on November 30, 2008 as it gets sniffed by ground crews after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California completing a sixteen day mission in space with The International Space Station. AFP PHOTO/NASA VIDEO