Shuttle Endeavour to head home today

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 28, 2008



HOUSTON — With hugs and handshakes, shuttle Endeavour’s seven astronauts bid farewell to the international space station crew after they ate a Thanksgiving meal.

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"You’ve totally fixed us up on the inside and on the outside,” station commander Mike Fincke told Endeavour’s crew before the hatches between the station and shuttle shut.

Before the astronauts retired to the shuttle for the night, they ate and toasted the holiday, 220 miles above Earth.

Despite the turkey with trimmings, Endeavour astronaut Robert "Shane” Kimbrough said he still missed being with his family on the holiday.

"I think we’re all ready to see our families,” Kimbrough said.


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