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| Commander Mike Bloomfield guided Shuttle Atlantis to a smooth touch down on south-north Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center today, completing a record-setting 11- day STS-110 construction mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis' main landing gear touched down on the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) runway on the first opportunity at about 12:27 p.m. after logging more than 4.5 million miles during 171orbits of the earth. The seven STS-110 crew members exited the Crew Transfer Vehicle about 1½ - hours after landing to perform the traditional walk-around inspection of the orbiter before proceeding to their crew quarters. The astronauts are scheduled to return to Houston tomorrow. The records belong to Mission Specialist Jerry Ross who completed his seventh Shuttle flight, the most of any astronaut in history, and also set the American mark for space walking time at 58 hours, 18 minutes on 9 EVAs during his seven flights. Initial inspections of Atlantis indicate the orbiter has returned in good shape. Atlantis sustained 65 debris hits during the mission, 17 of them an inch or greater. Overall, the number of hits is below the normal. Later this afternoon, after safing operations are completed at the SLF, Atlantis will be towed to its Orbiter Processing Facility bay to begin de-servicing and recycle operations for its next mission, the STS-112 flight to the ISS in August. Unofficial Shuttle Landing Timetable: Nose Gear 12:26:57 p.m. 10 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes, 38 seconds MET Main Gear 12:27:09 p.m. 10 days, 19 hours, 42 minutes, 50 seconds MET Wheels Stop 12:28:07p.m. 10 days, 19 hours, 43 minutes, 48 seconds MET |
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Curator: Kay Grinter (Kay.Grinter-1@ksc.nasa.gov)
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