The passage of the shuttle Endeavor on its return to Earth, caused alarm in the north and west, where the residents claim they saw fireballs and even meteorites.
The shuttle Endeavor's crew managed to land today at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but it caused panic in populations of northern and western Honduras. Copeco confirmed last hour of La Prensa, on the passage of the shuttle Endeavor at 9:10 pm at a speed of 5400 km per hour. In Santa Barbara, Lake Yojoa and Puerto Cortes population reported the event, giving various versions as they saw a fireball that made a loud boom. "Welcome home and congratulations on this excellent mission," said NASA's control of the six crew of Endeavor, returning to Earth after 14 days in space, most of this time on the International Space Station, to where they traveled to install a new module. At first, he had considered the possibility that the shuttle landed in California, due to risk of rains and low clouds in Florida, but was finally able to reach the center at NASA Kennedy after finding that the weather situation was "more stable than had anticipated. " The landing occurred at 22.20 hours local (3:20 GMT) as planned. In this mission carrying the commander of the ship George Zamka, a Colombian, accompanied by manager Terry Virts, and specialists Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken, Stephen Robinson and Kathryn Hire. The mission concluded that Endeavor has just served to carry on the ISS and install a new module, the Tranquility, European integration and a small luxury equipped with a panoramic vantage point with a privileged view of Earth and Space. The Tranquility has been added to the orbiting complex a volume of 800 cubic meters and nine bedrooms, plus the top six windows on the sides and at its upper end. "We will have the most spectacular panoramic of the Earth than anyone ever could have had from inside the station," said Stephen Robinson during the mission. The International Space Station orbiting the Earth at nearly 400 miles up, is completed by 90 percent after installation of the module. The Tranquility has joined with other modules that are fully functional on the space station, including the Destiny science laboratory, the Quest compartment and modules Unity and Harmony. The remaining ten percent shall conclude the following four shuttle missions. He is currently on the orbiting outpost's Expedition 22, consisting of the commander of the mission, American Jeff Williams, his compatriot Timothy Creamer, Maxim Suráyev Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Soichi Noguchi and Japan.