Shuttle Discovery leaves space station

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - June 11, 2008

Not on board for the trip up, but with the astronauts on the way home, is Garrett Reisman (REEZ'-mun), who spent the last three months on the space station. Before leaving the space outpost, he bragged about not breaking anything really expensive during his trip. When asked what he missed the most about Earth, he simply said his wife's name.

Discovery's main task during its nine day stay was installing a billion dollar Japanese space lab. The new lab is the biggest room on the space station.

The shuttle is due back on Earth on Saturday.

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