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The orbiter Endeavour (OV-105) returns to Florida following a ten-day stay in space. Main gear touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility occurred at 7:09:18 a.m. EDT, May 29.
Among the payloads the crew worked with were the SPACEHAB-4 module, filled with a variety of microgravity research experiments; the Spartan 207 deployable carrier which held the Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE) that was deployed during the flight; and the Technology Experiments for Advancing Missions in Space (TEAMS), a suite of four experiments.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After a 4.1-million-mile (6.6 million-kilometer)
journey around the Earth, the STS-77 astronauts returned to Florida.
From left are Pilot Curtis L. Brown Jr.; Mission Specialists Marc Garneau,
who represents the Canadian Space Agency, Mario Runco Jr.,
Andrew S.W. Thomas and Daniel W. Bursch; and Commander John H. Casper.
STS-77 Mission Specialists Daniel W. Bursch, Andrew S. W. Thomas and Marc Garneau
( Canadian Space Agency) examine the orbiter Endeavour's tires after an end-of-mission
landing at 7:09:18 a.m. EDT, May 29, on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility.
Assisting them at left is Lockheed Martin Space Operations mechanical technician
Mark Seawright, who as a member of the Orbiter Recovery Convoy team is involved with
post-landing safety assessments and landing gear checkout.
