Deorbit Burn...

[awpitt]

...is done. Atlantis and crew are on their way home. Should be on the ground in about an hour.

 

[aps45819]

Hope the Navy doesn't shoot them down

 

[RadioPatrol]

...is done. Atlantis and crew are on their way home. Should be on the ground in about an hour.

why didn't they pick up that failing Sat b4 coming home ........sheesh

 

[awpitt]

why didn't they pick up that failing Sat b4 coming home ........sheesh

I wondered that too. I'm not sure what it would've taken for the shuttle to actually catch up with the sat or if the sat is too big for the shuttle's cargo bay.

 

[RadioPatrol]

I wondered that too. I'm not sure what it would've taken for the shuttle to actually catch up with the sat or if the sat is too big for the shuttle's cargo bay.

clamp on to it, and give it a boost higher ........ I really don't understand NASA sometimes .......

 

[awpitt]

Welcome home, Atlantis and Crew.