Courtesy photo/NASA. This view of the port side of space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay was recorded after separation from the International Space Station on Feb. 19, 2010, as the STS-130 astronauts prepared for a Feb. 21 landing, after spending over a week working in tandem with the Expedition 22 crew members aboard the station. Other than the docking system hardware, the cargo bay is empty after delivering the Tranquility node and the new cupola to the orbital outpost.
Editor's Note: Information for this report was taken from NASA's shuttle blog.
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center at 10:20 p.m. Sunday without a hitch.
A post-landing news conference with managers at Kennedy is expected no earlier than midnight ET on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/ntv. The participants will be Mike Moses, space shuttle launch integration manager; and Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director.
A welcome ceremony for the crew's return to Houston will be held at Ellington Field's NASA Hangar 990 at 4 p.m. CT on Monday.
All six crew members were off Endeavour and inside the Crew Transport Vehicle shortly after the landing. After a routine checkup, some of the astronauts had a chance to take the traditional walk around the shuttle while it sits on the runway.
Before disembarking, Commander George Zamka thanked the entire NASA team for their efforts with the mission and getting him and his crew home safely.
FAST FACTS
STS-130 Mission
Landed: Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, 10:20 p.m. EST Landing
Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Mission Elapsed
Time: 13 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Official Landing Times Main gear touchdown: 10:20:31 p.m. EST Nose gear touchdown: 10:20:39 p.m. EST
Wheels stop: 10:22:10 p.m.
EST Total miles: more than 5.7 million