Following 14 days in orbit, Space Shuttle ATLANTIS touched down on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Space Shuttle ATLANTIS (right) glides in for a desert landing at 300 knots while being shadowed by the
Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) (upper left).
Heatwaves from the desert landscape blur the foreground and shuttle.
Touch Down!
NASA personnel armed with "sniffing" sensors approach the orbiter in chemical suits to
check for any hazardous leaks before the crew exits.
Support equipment heads out to intersept the ATLANTIS
Media observers snap away as ATLANTIS coasts to a stop at the end of Runway 22
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