NASA Announces Space Shuttle Atlantis Landing Times for Friday

June 21, 2007

John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-71

NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LANDING TIMES FOR FRIDAY

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis' crew members are
spending an extra day in orbit after weather Thursday at the prime
landing site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., prevented them
from coming home.

The crew will have several opportunities to land Atlantis on Friday:
two at Kennedy and three at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The
landing times are approximate and subject to change. All times are
EDT:

Primary landing site: Kennedy Space Center
2:18 p.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 1:16 p.m.)
3:54 p.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 2:52 p.m.)

Backup landing site: Edwards Air Force Base
3:49 p.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 2:46 p.m.)
5:24 p.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 4:21 p.m.)
6:59 p.m. landing (de-orbit burn at 5:58 p.m.)

If needed, there are additional landing opportunities Saturday at all
three of the space shuttle's landing sites: Kennedy, Edwards and
White Sands Space Harbor, N.M.

For more on the STS-117 mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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