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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to NASA Dryden's Mate-Demate Device (MDD) for post-flight processing.

 
Photo Number: ED07-0137-16
Photo Date: June 22, 2007
 
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Following its landing on June 22, 2007, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to NASA Dryden's Mate-Demate Device (MDD) for post-flight processing in preparation for its return to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
 
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Space Shuttle Atlantis descended to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. With Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Lee Archambault at the controls, Atlantis landed at 12:49 p.m. PDT on June 22, 2007.

Atlantis launched June 8, 2007, and arrived at the International Space Station on June 10. While at the orbital outpost, the crew installed the Starboard 3 and 4 truss segment and conducted four spacewalks to activate it. During the third spacewalk, the crew repaired an out of position thermal blanket on the left orbital maneuvering system pod.

Atlantis also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson. He replaced astronaut Suni Williams, who is the new record holder for a long-duration single spaceflight for a woman. She arrived at the station in December of 2006 with STS-116.

STS-117 is the 118th shuttle mission and 21st mission to visit the space station.

 
NASA Photo by: Jim Ross
 
Keywords: Atlantis, STS-117, International Space Station construction and supply mission, landing, Edwards Air Force Base, Clayton C. Anderson, James Reilly II, Steven Swanson, Frederick Sturckow, Lee Archambault, Patrick Forrester, John D. Olivas, Suni Williams, tow
 


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