Endeavour’s Triumphant Return
US shuttle Endeavour returned safely to Earth Tuesday, despite damage to its underside, after a 13-day mission in which the first teacher in space gave lessons to children back home.
“You have given a new meaning to higher education,” joked astronaut Chris Ferguson, as he welcomed back the five-man, two-woman crew including Endeavour astronaut Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space.
The Endeavour sailed back to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, amid blue skies, touching down at 12:32 pm (1632 GMT).