top storiesSpace labor not as easy as it looks from here For NASA, learning working-in-space lessons has been the manned spaceflight program's primary challenge during the last two decades. Space shuttle Endeavour returns home Space shuttle Endeavour glided to a smooth landing Friday morning at Kennedy Space Center, completing a successful 16-day mission to upgrade the international space station. Discovery cleared for launch After two days of debate, space shuttle program managers cleared Discovery for a launch attempt Tuesday at 12:36 a.m. CDT. Mission STS-127 Launch date: July 11 Orbiter: Endeavour. Crew: Seven. Commander Mark Polansky; pilot Doug Hurley; mission specialists Dave Wolf, Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Tim Kopra; Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Columbia
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