
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Posing in front of orbiter Columbia is the returning STS-109 crew along with NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (right). From left are Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, James Newman, Michael Massimino and Nancy Jane Currie; Pilot Duane Carey; Commander Scott Altman; Payload Commander John Grunsfeld; and O'Keefe. The crew returned to Earth after a successful 11-day mission servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. Wheel stop occurred on orbit 165 at 4:33:09 a.m. EST. Main gear touchdown occurred at 4:31:52 a.m. and nose wheel touchdown at 4:32:02. Rollout time was 1 minute, 17 seconds. This was the 58th landing at KSC out of 108 missions in the history of the Shuttle program
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