Atlantis returns with Blaha after 10-day Mir mission

U.S. Astronaut John Blaha returned safely to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis yesterday after a four-month hitch on Russia's Space Station Mir. Atlantis glided to a picture-perfect landing at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 9:23 a.m. EST after skipping an earlier opportunity to land there...

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