Endeavor makes nighttime touchdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The space shuttle Endeavor made a rare nighttime return to Earth Sunday, landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:20 p.m. EST, NASA said.

The shuttle completed a two-week mission during which its crew delivered the final U.S. module and a "room with a view" to the International Space Station, the U.S. space agency said.

Shuttle Commander George Zamka, pilot Terry Virts and Mission Specialists Kathryn Hire, Stephen Robinson, Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken delivered more than 36,000 pounds of hardware to the space station, including the Tranquility Node 3 and a cupola that provides a 360-degree view through seven windows, NASA said.

Behnken and Patrick conducted three spacewalks during the mission.

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