Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn't going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi. Huge amounts of the delicacy awaited the Japanese astronaut Friday after he returned to Earth aboard shuttle Endeavour with six other astronauts. Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to return from a long space journey, lived in orbit ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts, including the first Japanese to live on the International Space Station, landed in Florida on Friday, capping a 16-day mission to complete construction of Japan's orbital laboratory. Soaring over the Florida peninsula, Endeavour commander Mark Polansky gently circled the 100-ton ship to burn off speed, then nosed Endeavour to ...