Shuttle lands safely after productive Mir hookup

NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE Atlantis landed safely Saturday after five days docked to Russia's Mir orbital station. Touchdown on Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., came at 9:28 a.m. EDT, ending a flight that lasted nine days and five hours. The STS-84 mission delivered some 7,000 pounds of supplies...

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