Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts landed safely back on Earth tonight.

Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its home base in Florida today, and Nasa ordered the astronauts to take a detour and land in sunny California.

Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven have left the international space station, ending a 12-day visit to give the orbiting complex better living quarters for bigger crews.

Spacewalking astronauts completed almost all of the greasy repairs on a gummed-up joint at the international space station, leaving just a few chores behind for another day.

Space shuttle Endeavour’s astronauts unfurled a 100ft laser-tipped pole and surveyed their ship for any launch damage while drawing ever closer to their destination, the international space station.

A Russian rocket carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the international space station streaked into orbit today – another crew rotation in a Russian space vehicle filling in for US space shuttles.

The main oxygen generator for the international space station has failed, and the two astronauts on board will tap into an attached cargo ship’s air supply this weekend, Nasa said today.

Two spacewalking astronauts left the safe confines of the international space station today to take care of a little outside maintenance.

The international space station’s two astronauts undertook an unusually risky spacewalk and successfully replaced a circuit breaker – a sweet victory following last week’s failed attempt.

An apparent oxygen leak ended a risky spacewalk by the international space station’s two astronauts just 14 minutes after it began.