Shuttle Atlantis Back Home

11-day mission to resupply International Space Station a success
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Nov 27, 2009 9:09 AM CST
Shuttle Atlantis Back Home
The International Space Station photographed from Atlantis after undocking.   (AP Photo)

Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts are back on Earth. The shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, swooping through a clear sky. The touchdown ended an 11-day flight in which the astronauts spent time stockpiling the International Space Station with big spare parts.

For Nicole Stott, it's the end of a 3-month station mission. She can't wait to see her husband and 7-year-old son, and eat pizza. Fellow astronaut Randolph Bresnik has even bigger plans: to hold his newborn daughter for the first time. But he'll have to wait until Saturday—wife Rebecca stayed home in Houston with their daughter and young son. (More Atlantis Space Shuttle stories.)

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