Meteor Offers Northwest Early Morning Lightshow
(From David Hogben, Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 200 
WESTERN NORTH AMERICA - A piece of the heavens made a dramatic entrance into Earth’s atmosphere early Tuesday when a meteor transformed into a fireball streaked across the sky.
Early risers from Portland, Ore., to Kamloops reported seeing the spectacular white, orange and green fireball shooting west to east across the sky at about 5:30 a.m.
Read more at the following link: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=1782ec8a-9973-4b99-aa0c-1791a33343d5
Space Shuttle Atlantis lands safely in Florida
After a 13-day mission to the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Atlantis returned home safely this morning, February 20, 2008. The shuttle touched down at 9:07 am EST on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the mission, the crew integrated the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Columbus laboratory to the existing space station. Crew member Daniel Tani, whose space station stay was extended to nearly four months due to the recent grounding of the shuttle, was finally able to return to Earth. Tani was replaced by ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts.
For more details on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, please visit NASA’s website at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
