JSC2006-E-41540 (22 Sept. 2006) --- The astronauts who yesterday completed the successful STS-115 mission are pictured on a dais in a hangar at Ellington Field after returning to Houston from the Kennedy Space Center, site of the Sept. 21 landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. JSC Director Michael Coats addresses the crowd on hand for the event. Seated, from left, are astronauts Brent W. Jett Jr., commander; Christopher J. Ferguson, pilot; Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, and the Canadian Space Agency's Steven G. MacLean, all mission specialists.

JSC2006-E-41582 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Christopher J. Ferguson, STS-115 pilot, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-115 crew return ceremonies.

JSC2006-E-41576 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris A. Hadfield speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-115 crew return ceremonies.

JSC2006-E-41579 (22 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr., STS-115 commander, speaks from a lectern in Ellington Field's Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center during the STS-115 crew return ceremonies.