NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Set to Land Wednesday
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- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:06:38 -0800 (PST)
Feb. 18, 2008
Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
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Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS SET TO LAND WEDNESDAY
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis crew is expected to
complete a 13-day mission to the International Space Station with a
landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Feb. 20.
The STS-122 mission began Feb. 7 and delivered the European Space
Agency's Columbus laboratory to the station. Columbus expands the
station's research facilities and provides scientists around the
world with the ability to conduct a variety of life, physical and
materials science experiments. The mission also included three
spacewalks, the delivery of a new crew member to the station and the
return of another astronaut after his nearly four month stay aboard
the complex.
NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before
permitting Atlantis to return to Earth. Wednesday landing
opportunities at Kennedy are at 9:07 a.m. and 10:42 a.m. EST. There
are additional opportunities at 12:12 p.m. and 1:47 p.m. at Edwards
Air Force Base, Calif., a backup landing site. The shuttle's other
backup site for landing, White Sands Space Harbor, N.M., will not be
activated Wednesday.
Two hours after landing, NASA officials will hold a briefing to
discuss the mission. The participants will be:
- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin
- NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier
- NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach
After touchdown, the astronauts will undergo physical examinations
and
meet with their families. Some crew members are expected to hold a
news conference no earlier 4.5 hours after returning to Earth.
The Kennedy press site will open for landing activities at 5 a.m.
Wednesday and close one hour after the crew news conference. The
STS-122 accreditation badges are in effect through landing. The press
accreditation building on State Road 3 will be open on Wednesday from
5 to 7:30 a.m. The last bus will depart from the press site for the
Shuttle Landing Facility one hour before landing. For updated
information about the landing, call 321-867-2525.
For information about the backup landing site at Edwards Air Force
Base, journalists should call the Dryden Public Affairs Office at
661-276-3449.
For the latest information about the STS-122 mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
For more on the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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