FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION!
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THE BELL HAS RUNG....
Atlantis Has Departed ISS.
TODAY.
ACS - ROTATING 180 DEGREES TOWARD EARTH
.....HOMEBOUND!
*****THINGS TO DO! *****
*********ON THE WAY TO PLUTO...
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THE AIRLIFTER
UNDOCKING CONFIRMED!
ATLANTIS 450 FEET AWAY FROM ISS...
MOVING AWAY.......FORWARD......
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SUMMER @ DELAWARE
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SPACE SHUTTLE ON THE WAY TO EARTH.....
360 DEGREES TO HOME....
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ON EARTH......BE A PEACEMAKER!
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CHECKING THE HEAT SHIELD
ORBITER THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM
THE ORBITAL BOOM SENSOR SYSTEM
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Robotics - Astronauts receive robotics training to enable them to perform these functions with the Canadian arm
Payload Retention Mechanisms
SUCCESS IN PLACE
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EARTHBOUND!!
The STS-117 crew members ended their stay at the International Space Station Tuesday when they undocked Space Shuttle Atlantis at 10:42 a.m. EDT.
WEDNESDAY the crew held a press conference on the way back to PLANET EARTH.
Attention now turns to landing, scheduled for 1:54 p.m. Thursday.
Atlantis also delivered a new station crew member,
Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson.
Astronaut Suni Williams, who is the new record holder for a long-duration single spaceflight for a woman is returning to earth.
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