Space shuttle departs station for return home

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 07:42 in Astronomy & Space

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery backed away from the International Space Station on Wednesday, leaving behind a Japanese research laboratory, a new crewmember and high hopes for the outpost's completion by 2010.

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