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Atlantis Crew Heads Home

Posted Sep 21, 2006 at 12:35AM by Maia L. Listed in: International Space Station, NASA, Space Missions Tags: Columbia, NASA, Atlantis, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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After Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off on September 9, its crew of six will finally be Earth-bound at 6:21 a.m. EDT. STS-115 is the first Space Shuttle assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after the Columbia disaster. The crew members delivered the second left-side truss segment (ITS P3/P4), a pair of solar arrays (2A and 4A), and batteries. They conducted three spacewalks to connect truss segments, remove restraints on solar arrays, and prepare the station for the next assembly mission by STS-116.

After more than 1 week of orbiting (122 nautical miles) in space, Atlantis will be carrying the crew members back home at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The crew consists of  Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Christopher J. Ferguson, Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Brent W. Jett, Jr. and Steven MacLean.

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