(Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper)
I read an article about a space shuttle called Endeavour and how its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, but landing in California because of the storms that hit in Florida, which was where their family members were waiting for them. When they landed, the spacecraft's sonic booms caused firefighters to come to the scene thinking it was a fire."Welcome back. That was a great way to finish a fantastic flight," Mission Control radioed when they landed safely in California. Endeavour came home after a 16-day trip that left the international space station newly remodeled and capable of housing bigger crews. The shuttle dropped off all kinds of home improvement equipment, including a new bathroom, kitchenette, exercise machine, two sleeping quarters and a recycling system. The trip wasn't without flaws though, one woman, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, let go of a one hundred thousand dollar tool bag during the first space-walk, and could not do anything about it as it floated away in space. The space station additions should enable NASA to double the size of the space station crew by June, astronauts say. The space shuttle's journey, spanned 6.6 million miles and 250 orbits of Earth.
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