Space shuttle Atlantis lands
[[Image:STS-115_landing.jpg|left|thumb|Landing of [[w:Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle Atlantis]]]]
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[[w:Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle Atlantis]] has made a night landing at the [[w:Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy Space Center]] on Thursday finishing off [[w:STS-115|STS-115]] which lasted 13 days. The orbiter landed safely at 6:21:30 a.m. EDT, on runway 33 at [[w:KSC|KSC]]. The return of Atlantis to Earth avoided a traffic jam at the space station, as Soyuz TMA-9 [[w:Expedition 14|Expedition 14]] docked with the [[w:ISS|ISS]] on September 20, 2006 at 12:21AM CDT (09:21AM Moscow Time) which included space tourist [[w:Anousheh Ansari|Anousheh Ansari]].

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2006/09/21/shuttle-returns.html
|title=Shuttle tiles appear in good shape after re-entry, NASA says
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|pub=CBC News
|date=September 21, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/09/21/Navigation/177/209114/Space+Shuttle+Atlantis+lands+at+Kennedy+Space+Center+after+successful+12-day.html
|title=Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center after successful 12-day mission |author=Rob Coppinger
|pub=Flight International
|date=September 21, 2006}}

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Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis has made a night landing at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday finishing off STS-115 which lasted 13 days. The orbiter landed safely at 6:21:30 a.m. EDT, on runway 33 at KSC. The return of Atlantis to Earth avoided a traffic jam at the space station, as Soyuz TMA-9 Expedition 14 docked with the ISS on September 20, 2006 at 12:21AM CDT (09:21AM Moscow Time) which included space tourist Anousheh Ansari.

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