Atlantis de-orbit burn...

[petermcleland]

is at 1525 hours on NASA TV:-

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Landing is at Edwards about 1 hour 11 minutes later.

[FlyTexas]

Yep, she's finally coming home after an amazing mission. Recently I watched a video where one of the Space Shuttle pilots spoke of how difficult it is for them to apply the brakes upon landing. He said after a week or two in zero-g it's pretty tough to lift your feet to apply the brakes. ;-)

Brian

[delticbob]

Thanks for that heads up. I cought the last hour or so. First time seen live too.

Bob

[petermcleland]

Beautifully flown right on the numbers...Most impressive

[jonesey2k]

Almost makes me want to get the CS Shuttle.

[FlyTexas]

Here's Atlantis' pilot practicing his landings while in orbit. I wonder what kind of fps his Laptop gets?

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/3509 ... 013050.jpg

Brian

[Paul K]

The Shuttle, the ISS, Hubble and all of it...never fails to impress and amaze me.