KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, right, talks to the STS-115 crew after its return from space. The crew members shown are Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Daniel Burbank. During the mission, astronauts completed three spacewalks to attach the P3/P4 integrated truss structure to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 6:21:30 a.m. EDT. Nose gear touchdown was at 6:21:36 a.m. and wheel stop was at 6:22:16 a.m. Atlantis traveled 4.9 million miles, landing on orbit 187. Mission elapsed time was 11 days, 19 hours, six minutes. This is the 15th night landing at KSC and the 23rd night landing overall. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date September 21, 2006