Indian-American Astronaut lands safely in California

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Atlantis lands safely in California

 

Press Trust of India / Houston June 23, 2007

 

Space shuttle Atlantis, carrying Indian-American astronaut Sunita

Williams and six others, landed successfully at Edwards Air Force

Base in California early Saturday morning.

 

Atlantis' landing took place at 1:19 AM IST. Technicians are

checking the shuttle.

 

The landing brought an end to a successful construction mission to

the International Space Station.

 

Atlantis also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer

Clayton Anderson.

 

He replaced astronaut Williams, who is the new record holder for a

long-duration single spaceflight for a woman.

 

Williams is returning home after a record breaking 195-day space

odyssey by a woman.

 

She had set off from Cape Canaveral in December nine last year on

space shuttle Discovery for what was to become the longest space

journey by a woman.

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In related news, Sunita would like some pizza:

http://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/news/story.phtml?id=5556

 

, " Devi Bhakta "

<devi_bhakta wrote:

>

> Meerut/Karnal/Allahabad (June 21, 2001): People in different parts

of

> the country are praying for Indian-American astronaut Sunita

> Williams' safe return to earth after six months in space. [NOTE: As

> of Thursday, 21 June 2007 22:06 IST, Williams' return has been

> delayed due to inclement weather.]