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STS-117: TOUCHDOWN!

Atlantis is back on Earth! The ship touched down at 3:49PM EDT, on Runway 22 at Edwards, with bright, sunny weather on their side. NASA reports:

Atlantis Touches Down in California

Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived back on Earth in California, touching down at 3:49 p.m. EDT. Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Lee Archambault guided the vehicle as it made its steep descent from space toward the desert runway, accompanied by two T-38 chase jets. The landing concludes a successful 14-day construction mission to the International Space Station.

A convoy of landing support trucks and equipment headed out to begin safing the orbiter and assisting the flight crew.

After their successful construction mission to the International Space Station, the crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis had another day in space thanks to yesterday's landing postponement due to bad weather at the preferred landing location, Kennedy Space Center in Florida. That bad weather lingered today, forcing Mission Control to choose California as the landing spot.

Live discussion here. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.

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