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Image: NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis landing (STS-110) (19 April 2002)

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Description: The Space Shuttle Atlantis heads for touchdown on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center landing facility to complete a nearly 11-day journey. Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield, mission commander, eased Atlantis to a textbook landing on runway 3-3 at the Florida spaceport at 12:27 p.m. (EDT), April 19, 2002, under clear skies and light winds. The landing completed a 4.5-million-mile mission that saw successful delivery and installation of the centerpiece of the International Space Station's main truss and the inaugural run of the first space railcar, the Mobile Transporter.
Title: NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis landing (STS-110) (19 April 2002)
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-110/html/sts110-s-039.html (direct link)
Author: NASA
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