STS102-S-015

STS102-S-015 (21 March 2001)--- After a 5.3 million mile mission, The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches touchdown on Runway 15 at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility in this aft view. The landing completed the successful 12-day STS-102 mission. Onboard the shuttle were astronauts James Wetherbee, James Kelly, Andy Thomas, and Paul Richards. Discovery�s touchdown also marked the return of the space station�s first resident crew � Expedition One which were William Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev. STS-102 was the 103rd shuttle flight and the eighth shuttle mission to visit the station.