Live Landing Coverage

Orbiter: Atlantis
Shuttle Mission: STS-112
Date: October 18, 2002

Welcome to our landing coverage! Landing videos are available, as well as Pre-launch Day and Launch Day videos.

Atlantis landed on time at 11:44 a.m. EDT, capping an 11-day assembly mission to the International Space Station!

Landing Milestones
Information is projected and subject to change.

Payload Bay Door Closure:	7:56 a.m. EDT
Deorbit Burn:	10:36 a.m. EDT
Landing Site:	Runway 33
Main gear touchdown:	11:43:40 a.m. EDT
Nose gear touchdown:	11:43:48 a.m. EDT
Wheel stop:	11:44:35 a.m. EDT
Mission duration:	10 days, 19 hrs, 58 min
Total number of orbits:	170
Mission miles logged:	4.5 million statute miles

Did you know?

Unlike launches for which a "go" for liftoff can be given within minutes of changing weather conditions during the launch window, the landing site must be chosen more than an hour before touchdown, when the deorbit burn takes place. A switch in sites usually can be made up to 90 minutes prior to landing.

Other Landing Facts | Live Countdown Coverage

Image: Montage of Vehicle Assembly Building with American Flag and shuttles landing.

Page Last Revised	Page & Curator Information
October 21, 2002	Online coverage by: Dennis Armstrong (NASA), Anna Heiney (IDI), Jeanne Ryba (NASA) Web Development: JBOSC Web Development Team Video Production: Chris Chamberland and Mike Chambers (Johnson Controls) NASA Official: Dennis Armstrong (Dennis.Armstrong-1@ksc.nasa.gov) A Service of the NASA/Kennedy Space Center Roy D. Bridges, Director