
Submission + - Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns Home
Digitus1337 writes: Space shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts glided to a safe landing in darkness early Thursday, ending a 12-day, 187-orbit, mission whose smooth success was briefly upstaged by the high drama caused by mysterious floating debris.
"Nice to be back. It was a great team effort," said commander Brent Jett immediately after touchdown at Kennedy Space Center at 6:21 a.m. EDT.
Jett and his STS-115 crew delivered the first new additions to the ISS since late 2002: a new set of wing-like solar arrays and two massive trusses that weighed in at 17.5 tons before the flight's Sept. 9 launch.
More information is available over at CNN, Space.com, and over at NASA's official page.
"Nice to be back. It was a great team effort," said commander Brent Jett immediately after touchdown at Kennedy Space Center at 6:21 a.m. EDT.
Jett and his STS-115 crew delivered the first new additions to the ISS since late 2002: a new set of wing-like solar arrays and two massive trusses that weighed in at 17.5 tons before the flight's Sept. 9 launch.
More information is available over at CNN, Space.com, and over at NASA's official page.