**The most comprehensive collection of STS-117 onwards related presentions and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates are <\/em>available to download on L2<\/em><\/font> **<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n L2 Members can follow live evaluations with memos and presentations as they are produced via our special STS-117 Special Section. Live as-it-happens NASA information.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n STS-117 LIVE: LAUNCH DAY AND FLIGHT DAY 1<\/font><\/em> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 2 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 <\/em>FLIGHT DAY 3 \u2013 LIVE<\/font><\/em> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 4 \u2013 LIVE<\/font><\/em> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 5 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 6 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 7 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 8 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 9 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 10 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 11 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 12 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 13 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 FLIGHT DAY 14 \u2013 LIVE<\/font> \u2013 <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n FLIGHT DAY 15 (LANDING) \u2013 LIVE<\/p>\n Article: <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n NASA mission updates (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n NASA made two attempts to wait for the weather to improve in Florida, which would have allowed Atlantis to be returned to her OPF (Orbiter Processing Facility) the same day. <\/p>\n \u2018We just couldn\u2019t quite get comfortable with KSC,\u2019 said CAPCOM Tony Antonelli to Atlantis commander Rick Sturckow.<\/p>\n However, with great weather in California, the decision was to take the first Edwards opportunity for landing.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s great to be back,\u2019 said Sturckow, standing in front of the gathered media, with Atlantis behind him. \u2018The mission had a lot of challengers, but all the solutions worked well and we had a very successful flight, so thanks to everyone in Houston.\u2019<\/p>\n During re-entry, Atlantis performed without any anomalies, in what was a very quiet return to Earth.<\/p>\n An issue with the MLS (Microwave Landing System) before launch did not appear during landing, and from initial reports, the repair to the Port OMS pod \u2013 conducted on EVA-3 \u2013 appears to have performed well.<\/p>\n Praise for those involved came from the top also, with NASA associate administrator Bill Gerstenmaier recognizing the many teams that are involved with launching and landing a space shuttle. <\/p>\n \u2018This is really a great and awesome mission,\u2019 said Gerstenmaier. \u2018What I\u2019ll remember most from this mission is the teamwork involved, and I\u2019ll remember all the things that went right on this extremely challenging mission. <\/p>\n \u2018Some of the teams that contributed to the overall success included the External Tank team \u2013 who I knew in my heart would get the tank (repaired and ready for flight). The \u2018unsung\u2019 payload team, that kept the payload batteries charged out at the pad whilst the tank was getting worked on back in the VAB. <\/p>\n \u2018The SRB booster team, who we don\u2019t hear a lot about, but they brought the boosters back in time so that we could get a look at the video and see when the OMS Pod blanket folded back. <\/p>\n \u2018The Robotics team that designed the movement of the payload and the handoff did a great job, along with the flight controllers \u2013 who sent thousands of commands during this mission and did a great job, and the flight crew that did a great job on orbit. I can\u2019t say enough about how well this mission went or how complicated it was, because this is exploration.<\/p>\n Gerstenmaier also made a point about how the issues with the International Space Station (ISS) during the mission \u2013 relating to the Russian computers that failed \u2013 was actually a positive, as they use lessons learned to guide future exploration. <\/p>\n \u2018One day we\u2019ll go to Mars and fly a vehicle around the same size as the space station is today and we may have learnt something in the charging and grounding environment, that shows how it works or how it operates in space and that may be critical data for us for exploration,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n \u2018It could pay huge benefits for us in the future, so we\u2019re really doing exploration today.\u2019 <\/p>\n Atlantis has now been towed off the runway and is being given post flight inspections and serving, head of being mated with the SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft) next week.<\/p>\n Follow Atlantis\u2019 mission with live updates on our <\/font>Flight Day specific interactive live event pages<\/font> \u2013 open to all. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n For L2 members<\/font>, follow NASA\u2019s evaluations on the L2 Flight Day specific pages (which contain many 100s and same day MMT level documentation and presentations \u2013 uploaded live during each Flight Day).<\/p>\n **INFINITY: 10 minute STS MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em><\/font> \u2013 COMING SOON: Atlantis\/Starlight. **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Atlantis has completed her longest ever mission in space, touching down on the concrete runway 22 at the Edwards Air Force Base in California. 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