STS-117 comes to a close with landing at Edwards AFB

Staff June 25, 2007
EDWARDS LANDING: The STS-117 crew piloted shuttle Atlantis to a 12:49 p.m. PDT landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 22 after poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) forced the cancellation of a landing attempt there for the second straight day. The landing at Runway 22 brought...

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