CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Expedition 20 and 21 Flight Engineer Nicole Stott, who spent 87 days aboard the International Space Station, appears pleased with the success of her mission on the orbiting laboratory. Stott returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis with the STS-129 crew. Main gear touchdown was at 9:44:23 a.m. EST. Nose gear touchdown was at 9:44:36 a.m., and wheels stop was at 9:45:05 a.m. STS-129 is the final time the shuttle is expected to rotate station crew members. For information on the Expedition crews, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date November 27, 2009