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| California landing for Atlantis | California landing for Atlantis |
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| US space shuttle Atlantis has landed in California, after a two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS). | US space shuttle Atlantis has landed in California, after a two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS). |
| The shuttle touched down at the Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave desert at 1549 (1949 GMT). | |
| Poor weather conditions caused the touch-down to be first delayed and then moved from the original landing site, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Poor weather conditions caused the touch-down to be first delayed and then moved from the original landing site, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
| The shuttle landed with Sunita Williams, who has set the record for the longest space flight by a woman. | The shuttle landed with Sunita Williams, who has set the record for the longest space flight by a woman. |
| She spent 195 days in space and set another record for the most time spent spacewalking by a woman. | She spent 195 days in space and set another record for the most time spent spacewalking by a woman. |
| "When you've been somewhere for six months, it becomes your home and it's hard to leave," said Ms Williams. | |
| Computer reboot | |
| While orbiting above Earth, the shuttle crew performed several spacewalks to attach a new section to the ISS containing solar arrays to provide more power to the station. | While orbiting above Earth, the shuttle crew performed several spacewalks to attach a new section to the ISS containing solar arrays to provide more power to the station. |
| Besides the delay in landing, the mission was extended by two days due to computer problems and a tear in the shuttle's protective thermal blanket. | |
| A small section of the blanket was torn during launch on 8 June but stitched back in place by astronauts during a spacewalk. | |
| The mission was also complicated by the crash of vital ISS computers that control the station's positioning and its oxygen supply. | |
| The station's Russian cosmonauts were able to reboot the computers after several days. |