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| Image above: The Expedition 13 crew bids farewell
to the STS-115 crew. Photo Credit: NASA TV |
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Atlantis undocks from Space Station
Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station
at 8:50 a.m. EDT today, ending STS-115’s successful stay and setting
the stage for future assembly missions.
Atlantis delivered the P3/P4 integrated truss
to the station. The STS-115 and Expedition 13 crews used the shuttle and
station robotic arms to attach the truss to the orbital outpost. Then,
STS-115 astronauts conducted three spacewalks in four days to prepare
the truss and its solar arrays for operation.
The hatches between the station and Space Shuttle Atlantis closed at
6:27 a.m. EDT.
After Atlantis undocked, Pilot Chris Ferguson performed a 360-degree
fly-around of the station to allow his crewmates to collect imagery of
the newly-expanded station.
Atlantis is scheduled to touch down at 5:57 a.m. Wednesday at the Shuttle
Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Fla
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