Space shuttle landing detours to California

By Associated Press
Sunday, November 30, 2008 - Updated 356d 3h ago

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its home base in Florida on Sunday, and NASA ordered the astronauts to take a detour and land in sunny California.

With a gloomy Florida forecast for Monday as well, Mission Control opted to send Endeavour to Edwards Air Force Base, the backup landing site. Touchdown was scheduled for 4:25 p.m. EST.

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Photo by AP/NASA

This image taken Wednesday shows the aft section of Endeavour’s cargo bay backdropped against white clouds holding the multipurpose logistics module Leonardo, in this digital still photo, framed through a window on the International Space Station.

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