Orbiter: Columbia
Mission: STS-109
Date: March 12, 2002

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Bathed in the surreal glow of powerful xenon lights, Columbia touches down on KSC's Runway 33 to conclude a successful mission. The goal of STS-109 was to service the HST, replacing Solar Array 2 with Solar Array 3, replacing the Power Control Unit, removing the Faint Object Camera and installing the ACS, installing the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, and installing New Outer Blanket Layer insulation.