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The space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station at the end of the longest mission of its kind to the station. | The space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station at the end of the longest mission of its kind to the station. |
The 12-day rendezvous saw Endeavour's crew install the first part of a Japanese research laboratory and assemble a Canadian robot. | The 12-day rendezvous saw Endeavour's crew install the first part of a Japanese research laboratory and assemble a Canadian robot. |
The robot will be used to handle future components delivered to the space station. | The robot will be used to handle future components delivered to the space station. |
The shuttle is due to land in Florida on Wednesday. | The shuttle is due to land in Florida on Wednesday. |
"We had a great time here," shuttle commander Dominic Gorie told the station crew before undocking. | "We had a great time here," shuttle commander Dominic Gorie told the station crew before undocking. |
"It's a strange feeling to want to see your families but not want to leave a wonderful place." | "It's a strange feeling to want to see your families but not want to leave a wonderful place." |
'Textbook' mission | |
LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team, said the mission had been "extraordinary". | LeRoy Cain, chairman of the mission management team, said the mission had been "extraordinary". |
"It's just been a textbook mission up and down the line in every way that I look at it," he added. | "It's just been a textbook mission up and down the line in every way that I look at it," he added. |
French astronaut Leopold Eyharts is returning home on the shuttle after living onboard the ISS. Astronaut Garrett Reisman has replaced him. | |
The three astronauts on the space station are awaiting the docking of Europe's new cargo carrier, Jules Verne, on 3 April. | |
One week later, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft will arrive, carrying a new space station crew. | |
The next shuttle visit to the ISS is scheduled for late May, when Discovery is due to arrive with the Japanese lab, Kibo. | |
But the Hubble Space Telescope mission, due at the end of August, might have to be postponed. | |
LeRoy Cain said a slowdown in shuttle fuel-tank production could delay the flight. |
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