EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts streaked toward a Sunday afternoon arrival in sunny California, diverted there by stormy weather at the primary landing strip in Florida.
Endeavour was scheduled to touch down at Edwards Air Force Base at 3:25 p.m. CST.
NASA ordered the detour after dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented a Florida landing for the space station delivery and repair mission. With the weather at Kennedy Space Center looking no better for Monday, Mission Control opted for its backup landing site.