Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Touchdown! Endeavour has returned to Earth!

Main gear touched down at 2:34:51 amET. Nose gear touchdown came at 2:35:04 & wheels stop came at 2:35:36. Welcome home Mark Kelly, Greg Johnson (Box), Greg Chamitoff (Taz), Mike Finke (Spanky), Drew Feustel, and Roberto Vittori (Ricky Bobby).

Over a total of 25 missions, Endeavour has logged 299 days in space and 122,883,151 miles traveled. Endeavour landed for the final time after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles.

Mike Finke now holds the US record for space time at 382 days!



Watch a clip of the landing from NASA's YouTube Channel.

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