Atlantis set for return to earth

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01:17 15 Jun 2007 
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SPACE SHUTTLE - Atlantis is to return to Earth after an extended 13-day International Space Station (ISS) solar array assembly mission.

The mission included a spacewalk to repair the torn flap of the left orbital manoeuvring system pod's thermal protection blanket on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, as well as Russian ISS segment computer failures.

Atlantis is scheduled to land at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 13:54 local time on 21 June.

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