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 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts glided through the darkness and made a rare nighttime landing, completing an exceptionally long space station mission that had NASA and other countries' space managers rejoicing.
Endeavour's touchdown Wednesday night on NASA's illuminated runway wrapped up a voyage that lasted 16 days and spanned 6.5 million miles. Mission Control immediately offered up its congratulations.
"It was a super-rewarding mission," said shuttle commander Dominic Gorie, "exciting from the start to the ending."
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