Atlantis home at last from lab delivery trip
Three days after bad weather postponed its scheduled return from orbit, Space Shuttle Atlantis and its five astronauts Tuesday landed safely at NASA's backup landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Atlantis commander Ken Cockrell steered the 100-ton winged spacecraft to a gliding landing in...
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