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The latest news from space-faring countries, agencies, industry and academia   ·   Wednesday 19 June 2013, 10.04pm GMT   ·   Nº 1784

STS-132 Entry And Landing Were Smooth As Silk

26 May 2010

Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a journey of more than 4.8 million miles with a landing Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The flawless landing wrapped up a highly successful mission to deliver the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1, known as "Rassvet" ("dawn" in Russian), to the International Space Station.







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