Storms Force Space Shuttle To Land In California

By DENNIS OVERBYE, New York Times
Sun, 05/24/2009 - 9:16am

Storms Force Space Shuttle to Land in California

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis finally made it home after a voyage of more than 5 million miles.

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