{"id":41672,"date":"2007-07-01T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/thousands-turn-out-to-see-atlantis-land-in-omaha\/"},"modified":"2007-07-01T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2007-07-01T15:08:08","slug":"thousands-turn-out-to-see-atlantis-land-in-omaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/thousands-turn-out-to-see-atlantis-land-in-omaha\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands turn out to see Atlantis land in Omaha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making her overnight stop off in Nebraska, Atlantis \u2013 and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) she\u2019s riding on top of \u2013 touched down at the Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>  The second pit stop en route back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, thousands of people gathered around the landing strip to see Atlantis arrive, the first orbiter to visit since 1985.\n<\/p>\n<p><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"129\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.nasaspaceflight.com\/forums\/get-attachment.asp?action=view&amp;attachmentid=13910\" width=\"600\" align=\"left\" vspace=\"5\" border=\"0\/\"><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>**The most comprehensive collection&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shuttle related presentions and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates&nbsp;are&nbsp;<\/em><font color=\"#0000ff\"><em>available to download&nbsp;on L2<\/em><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"><em>&nbsp;**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><em>Re-live Atlantis\u2019 STS-117 mission with on our <font color=\"#0000ff\">Flight Day specific interactive event pages<\/font> \u2013 open to all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#0000ff\">**LIVE news updates on Atlantis&nbsp;STS-117&nbsp;Flight home to KSC**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#0000ff\">**LIVE news updates on&nbsp;Endeavour&nbsp;STS-118&nbsp;Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#0000ff\">**LIVE news updates on Discovery&nbsp;STS-120 (LON-320)&nbsp;Processing**<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight news subscription<path d=\"M7.59009 18.59L9.00009 20L17.0001 12L9.00009 4L7.59009 5.41L14.1701 12\" style=\"animation: initial !important; 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