Even with the lag, "The thing that makes me feel a little bit more confident is that the loading and the deceleration of the spacecraft all looked nominal for us," Lueders said, "which is good news. Bill Harwood has been covering the U. He covered space shuttle missions, every interplanetary flight since Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune and scores of commercial and military launches. SpaceX astronauts return to Earth. William Harwood. Please enter email address to continue.
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The crew performed four spacewalks to make upgrades to the station. The fourth and final outing marked the final spacewalk ever taken by members of a shuttle crew. On its last trip into space, the orbiter tacked more than 6 million miles onto its odometer, bringing the shuttle's total distance travelled to over million miles. NASA has one final shuttle mission planned before its year space shuttle program is retired for good.
Earlier tonight, Atlantis made its final slow crawl to the launch pad in advance of its targeted launch on July 8. Once the Dragon is safe to approach, recovery team members will open the hatch and extract the crew. After exiting the Dragon, the crew members will be checked out by medical officials, then board a helicopter to take them back to shore before another plane will fly them back to Houston.
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