Stock Photo - 08/22/2001 __ Following mission STS_105, the Crew Transfer Vehicle CTV is moved into place beside orbiter Discovery on KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15. Both the STS_105 and Expedition Two crews will exit the Space Shuttle into the CTV where they will be given preliminary physical examinations by a physician. Main gear touchdown was at 2:22:58 p.m. EDT, wheel stop, at 2:24:06 p.m. EDT. The 11_day, 21_hour, 12_minute mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station: swapout of the resident Station crew, delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments, and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery traveled 4.3 million miles on its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. Out of five missions in 2001, the landing was the first to occur in daylight at KSC

Stock Photo: 08/22/2001 -- Following mission STS-105, the Crew Transfer Vehicle CTV is moved into place beside orbiter Discovery on KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15.

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