📅 November 27, 2009 – A historic moment in space exploration! After 11 days orbiting Earth, the Space Shuttle Atlantis completed the STS-129 mission and safely landed at Kennedy Space Center. 🚀🌍 During this mission, Atlantis delivered essential spare parts, tools, and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), including two “Express Logistics Carriers” filled with equipment that helps astronauts maintain and upgrade the station. The crew of seven astronauts also performed three spacew

A day of reflection. I found my STS-129 Mission Crew Notebook in a bag inside my desk. It's been 16 years since we broke the surly bonds of Earth to float off the planet. The Russian stamp on the front indicated its presence on the ISS with signatures of all crewmates on the inside cover. This notebook is used to remind you of important steps, procedures or info that will help you achieve mission success. This was an assembly mission where we added spare parts to the Space Station to get to asse

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