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Atlantis Touches Down

Shuttle Atlantis just about to touch down on runway at night
Illuminated by the lights on Runway 33, Atlantis approaches touchdown, concluding mission STS-115. Aboard are Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Christopher Ferguson and Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, David Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steven MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency.

Illuminated by the lights on Runway 33, Atlantis approaches touchdown, concluding mission STS-115. Aboard are Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Christopher Ferguson and Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, David Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steven MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. During the mission, Tanner, MacLean, Burbank and Piper completed three spacewalks to attach the P3/P4 integrated truss structure to the International Space Station.Image credit: NASA/Gary Rothstein