The US space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday at a California air base to conclude a 16-day mission to the International Space Station, after two Florida landing chances were ruled out due to poor weather.
"Welcome back, it's a fantastic finish to a fantastic flight," Alan Poindexter, an official at NASA's control center in Houston, told Endeavour's crew moments after it touched down and came to a stop at 1:25 pm (2125 GMT) at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert.
"We are happy to be here in California," shuttle commander Chris Ferguson replied.
