Shuttle Lands In Florida Nine Days After Landing On Earth

Florida Mississippi The shuttle made the trip from California anchored to the top of a Boeing 747.
by Jamie Burch
Published: Tue, June 02, 2009 - 5:23 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, June 02, 2009 - 5:26 pm CST
Space Shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida, nine days after landing on Earth.

Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on May 24 because of bad weather at Kennedy Space Center.

On Monday, the shuttle began a two-million dollar piggyback ride home on top of a modified Boeing 747. Atlantis spent Monday night at Biggs Army Airfield in El Paso, Texas. It also made two refueling stops, Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, on its way to Cape Canaveral.
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