Astronaut Barbara Morgan getting Earth legs back

Adapting to weightlessness was hard. Readapting to gravity was even tougher for teacher–astronaut Barbara Morgan. Morgan passed up the opportunity to check out space shuttle Endeavour with her six crewmates after landing Tuesday, August 21. She was too weak and wobbly and hinted that she was nauseous, as well. “The room still spins a little bit, but that’s OK,”she said. As for her 13–day flight, it was “absolutely wonderful.” Morgan said she can’t wait to see what schoolchildren and teachers do with the 10 million basil seeds she carried into space. The plan is for students to devise mini–greenhouses like the two she left behind at the international space station. Read more at CNN.com.