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Article: Atlantis set for return flight S.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- June 18, 2007
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Atlantis set for return flight S
Houston, Jun 18 (PTI): As space shuttle Atlantis readies to return to earth with Indian-American Sunita Williams after her six-month sojourn at the International Space Station, the repaired station computers underwent a test for efficacy today.
The shuttle is expected to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) sometime tomorrow and land at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday.
"That's a big step in our checkout of the computers to make sure everything is working correctly," flight director Holly Ridings said today. "It's one of those things we want to see before we undock." Astronaut Sunita Williams ...