Rainy Florida sends Shuttle Endeavour to California for landing

With bad weather putting Florida off-limits, space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member, multinational crew landed May 1 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., capping a triumphant 12-day assembly mission at the International Space Station. Shuttle commander Kent Rominger fired Endeavour's steering...

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