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STS-130: TOUCHDOWN!

"Roger wheels stop, Endeavour - welcome home. Congratulations to you and the crew on an outstanding mission - installing the Tranquility Node, and opening the Cupola's windows to the world."

"Houston, it's great to be home, it was a great adventure."

Shuttle Endeavour beat bad weather expectations and touched down on Runway 15 at KSC's  Shuttle Landing Facility this evening, capping off a 5.7-million-mile mission to the International Space Station, delivering the last American components -Node 3 (AKA  Tranquility) and the Cupola observation module. NASA reports:

Endeavour Completes Mission, Lands at KSC

The astronauts onboard space shuttle Endeavour concluded their two-week flight to the International Space Station. The orbiter landed at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Sunday evening.

› View landing ground tracks
› View STS-130 farewell ceremony video
› Listen to the Tranquility module ribbon-cutting ceremony (3.3 Mb MP3)

Live HD coverage at SpaceVidCast. Live video at SFN and Florida Today. Discussion at Nasaspaceflight. Landing blog at NASA. Pics and video at KSC. More clips at Space Multimedia. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.