Endeavour Undocks from International Space Station

WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - The US space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station late Sunday and headed back to Earth after completing its mission, NASA said. The undocking took place at 11:55 pm (0355 GMT Monday), at a time when the space station and shuttle was be 215 miles (350 kilometers) over La Paz, Bolivia, NASA said.

It will be followed by a one-lap fly-around of the station so that the crew can take photos of the space lab. The six-member crew of the Endeavour — five US astronauts and Italian Roberto Vittori — bid farewell to three colleagues on board the space station (ISS) and closed the hatches between the shuttle and station at 7:23 am (1123 GMT) Sunday.

Endeavour’s 16-day mission began with the shuttle’s launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 16 and will conclude when the shuttle lands back on Earth early on June 1.