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CORRECTED-Space shuttle Atlantis lands safely in California

Sun May 24, 2009 9:27pm IST
 
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(Corrects state in headline to California not Florida)

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth on Sunday, after two days of landing delays caused by bad weather at the end of 13-day mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope.

The shuttle touched down at the Edwards Air Force base in California.

The astronauts installed a new camera, replaced batteries and fixed instruments on the 19-year-old Hubble telescope, repairs that scientists hope will keep it in good working order for at least another five years.

(Reporting by Steve Gorman and Irene Klotz; Editing by Tom Brown)

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