Space shuttle Atlantis to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California

LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Space shuttle Atlantis will land at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:39 a.m. EDT on Sunday, NASA announced.

Weather conditions forced flight controllers to pass on the shuttle's first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said.

Atlantis arrived at the Hubble Space Telescope on May 13 at the International Space Station, and the crew performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and upgrade the telescope, according to NASA.

Due to bad weather, the shuttle's scheduled landing on Saturday was delayed until Sunday.

Conditions are favorable at Edwards Air Force Base in California, NASA said.