KSC-02pp0529
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis drops toward runway 33 as it returns to KSC after a 10-day, 19-hour, 4.5-million mile mission to the International Space Station. . The orbiter carries the returning crew Commander Michael Bloomfield, Pilot Stephen Frick and Mission Specialists Jerry Ross, Steven Smith, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin and Rex Walheim. Main gear touchdown was 12:26:57 p.m. EDT, nose gear touchdown was 12:27:09 p.m. and wheel stop was 12:28:07 p.m. The crew delivered and installed the S0 truss, which will support cooling and power systems essential for the addition of future international laboratories, on the Station.
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NASA ID
KSC-02pp0529
Date Created
April 19, 2002
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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