Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the international space station today, taking the newest crew to inhabit the orbiting outpost.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew landed in the Mojave Desert last night after three days of bad weather prevented the ship from returning to its Florida home port.

The crews of the US space shuttle Atlantis and international space station Alpha yesterday entered the science laboratory Destiny for the first time after it was attached to its new home.

NASA is preparing to launch a laboratory for the international space station.