Atlantis Lands After Final Mission
By Frank Morring, Jr. morring@aviationweek.com
Washington
The space shuttle Atlantis’ landing-gear wheels stopped rolling for what is probably the last time this morning after the workhorse orbiter returned from a productive 12-day mission to the International Space Station.
With commander Ken Ham at the controls, Atlantis touched down on Kennedy Space Center’s shuttle landing strip runway 33 at 8:48 a.m. EDT, following a three-minute, ...
