lunes 20 de agosto de 2007

NASA OKs Endeavour to return on Tuesday (AP)

   

In this image from NASA TV mission specialist Barbara Morgan, left, Canadian astronaut Dave Williams, center, and pilot Scott Kelly participate in an education event from space shuttle Endeavour with a group of children assembled at the Northlands College in LaRonue, Saskatchewan, Canada,  Monday, Aug. 20, 2007.   (AP Photo/NASA TV)AP - With the last bit of shuttle imagery analyzed, NASA cleared Endeavour on Monday for its return to Earth, bringing the spaceship home a day early because of hurricane worries that later evaporated.



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