 |  | | | | Return to Flight Crew Visits the White House
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02.22.06
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NASA's Return to Flight crew met with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office at the White House this afternoon. The seven astronauts flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery last summer. Their mission, designated STS-114, was the first since the Space Shuttle Columbia accident in 2003.
From left: Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Charlie Camarda and Steve Robinson, Commander Eileen Collins, President Bush,
Mission Specialists Wendy Lawrence and Andy Thomas, Pilot Jim Kelly, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin.
During their 14-day flight, the astronauts tested new equipment and procedures developed to improve safety and resupplied and made repairs to the International Space Station. The mission also included an unprecedented back flip maneuver as the shuttle approached the station and the first repair of the shuttle's heat shield while in space.
Image Credit: White House/Eric Draper
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