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Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2009 The STS-129 crew spent its final full day in space Thursday. The crew tested Atlantis' flight control system, the flaps and rudders that will guide it through the atmosphere, and test fired the thruster jets that control its orientation in space and during early re-entry. All crew members spent time stowing items in the shuttle's cabin in preparation for the return to Earth. Landing is scheduled for 9:44 a.m. EST at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle and its seven-astronaut crew, Commander Charles Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher Jr. and Nicole Stott also had a Thanksgiving meal and talked with media representatives. Hobaugh, Wilmore and Melvin tested Atlantis' flight control system, the flaps and rudders that will guide it through the atmosphere, and test fired the thruster jets that control its orientation in space and during early re-entry. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Shuttle Undocks From Space StationWashington (AFP) Nov 25, 2009 The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday as it prepared its return to Earth. Atlantis lifted from the orbiting outpost at 0953 GMT. Pilot Barry Wilmore then circled the space station before firing the shuttle's thrusters twice at 1104 and 1132 GMT to leave the vicinity. ... read more |
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