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and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams. Returningto Earth aboard Endeavour with Kelly and Morgan were shuttle pilot CharlieHobaugh along with mission specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, AlvinDrew, Jr. "Endeavour, in fact, has performed nearlyflawlessly." "Thisflight has been extraordinarily productive," said NASA space shuttleprogram manager Wayne Hale. NASA launch andentry flight director Steve Stich said Monday that he did not anticipate anyextra tile damage would hinder preparations for Endeavour's next flight inFebruary. NASA videoof the gouged tiles showed some signs of additional damage, but not theextensive surface tunneling depicted in ground tests last week. Theshuttle orbited the Earth about 201 times and landed with small,but deep, gouge in the heat-resistant tiles lining the orbiter'sunderbelly, but mission managers found it posed no risk to the spacecraft'sreentry. NASA chiefMichael Griffin told reporters after landing that Morgan was in good healthafter her first spaceflight, but required more time to readapt to Earth'sgravity after spending almost two weeks in weightlessness.Įndeavour'slanding completed a 5.3 million-mile (8.5 million-kilometer) flight for theorbiter, its first in nearly five years following a major systems overhaul. "Once we don't have theshuttle anymore, I think it's going to be something we look back at with greatnostalgia and we're really, really going to miss it." "Ithink the shuttle program gets an A-plus," said Morgan, who served asNASA's backup to Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe for the ill-fated 1986Challenger mission, during the spaceflight.