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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- KSC Director Bill Parsons (right) is one of the NASA officials present to welcome back the STS-118 crew from its mission to the International Space Station. Parsons is talking to Mission Specialist Alvin Drew. On the mission, the crew installed a new gyroscope, an external spare parts platform and another truss segment to the expanding station. Endeavour's main gear touched down at 12:32:16 p.m. EDT. Nose gear touchdown was at 12:32:29 p.m. and wheel stop was at 12:33:20 p.m. Endeavour landed on orbit 201. STS-118 was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, the 20th flight for Endeavour and the second of four missions planned for 2007. This was the 65th landing of an orbiter at Kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett