
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before orbiter Columbia is towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility to the Orbiter Processing Facility, the STS-109 crew poses for photo. From left to right are Mission Specialists James Newman, Michael Massimino and Nancy Jane Currie; Commander Scott Altman; Pilot Duane Carey; Payload Commander John Grunsfeld; and Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan. 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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March 12, 2002
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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