top storiesOlson: Congress will fight Obama's NASA plan U.S. Rep. Pete Olson asked American to tell Congress that NASA and spaceflight are important. Space shuttle makes rare nighttime landing After nearly two weeks in orbit, space shuttle Endeavour glided safely back to Earth on Sunday, making a nighttime landing at Kennedy Space Center after adding the last major component to the International Space Station. Weather looks iffy for space shuttle's Sunday homecoming Rain and low clouds are the main concerns for the scheduled 10:16 p.m. touchdown in Florida. 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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