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Shuttle Atlantis heading for home
2010-May-25 07:56:46

 Shuttle Atlantis heading for home

In this image taken from NASA television, the space shuttle Atlantis (top left) moves away from the International Space Station after undocking late on Sunday. NASA via Associated Press

Russia, Europe and Japan will handle cargo runs to international station after 2010

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis departed the International Space Station late on Sunday, leaving behind what one astronaut called a "palace" in space that is 98 percent finished after 12 years of construction.

The shuttle and six US astronauts are due to land back at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday.

The flight is the final space mission for Atlantis, with sister ships Discovery and Endeavour scheduled for their last missions in September and November.

US space agency NASA is retiring the shuttles for cost and safety issues, and because the heavy transporters are no longer needed once the space station, a $100 billion project involving 16 nations, is complete.

"This place is now a palace," Atlantis astronaut Piers Sellers said on Sunday in a call from space with reporters. "I've had great fun exploring it. It's really magnificent."

Atlantis arrived at the station on May 16 to deliver a new Russian-built docking module and research lab, fresh batteries for a solar power system, a spare communications antenna, a new platform for a robotic crane, science experiments and supplies for the station's six member live-aboard crew.

The module Rassvet (Russian for "dawn") was attached robotically with the station's mechanical arm. The batteries and antenna were installed outside the station during three spacewalks by Atlantis crewmembers.

"We've had a great time together," Atlantis commander Ken Ham said before he and his crewmates bid the station crew goodbye. "We'll see you all on the surface of planet Earth again soon."

On its return to Earth, Atlantis will be prepared for flight as an emergency rescue ship for the final shuttle mission, but is not expected to launch.

Cargo runs to the station will be turned over to Russian, European and Japanese ships until a US commercial carrier is ready to fly. Crew transport is already being handled exclusively by Russia, which charges $51 million a seat.

US President Barack Obama's administration wants to turn over station taxi services to private American companies.

Space Exploration Technologies, one of two firms holding NASA contracts for spaceship development and cargo delivery services to the station, plans a test flight of its Falcon 9 rocket as early as this Friday.

Reuters

(China Daily 05/25/2010 page10)

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