Atlantis returns to KSC via 747 carrier aircraft

ATLANTIS RETURNED: NASA's space shuttle Atlantis safely returned to the starting point of its STS-117 mission July 3 when its Boeing 747 carrier aircraft delivered the orbiter to Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. Weather forced Atlantis to divert from KSC, its intended landing site, to a June 22...

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