P124 MTV3 p124 .La 11 Hel 2017:18 1/3 SPACE SHUTTLE LANDS IN FLO5JDA AFTER MIR ENCOUNTER (UPDATES WJTH LANDING, ADDS DETAIL, QUOTES THROUGHOUT* BY BETH DICKEZ CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA, FEB 11 XREUTE5) - FIVE ASTRONAUTS AND A COSMONAUT LANDED IN FLORIDA ABOARD THE U.S. SHUTTLE DISCOVERY EARLY ON SATURDAY AFTER EIGHT HISTORIC DAYS OFF THE PLANET ON A MISSION TO RENDEZVOUS WJTH RUSSIA'S SPACE STATJON MIR. SHUTTLE COMMANDER JAMES WETHERBEE, A U.S. NAVY AVIATOR, BROUGHT DISCOVERY DOWN AT 6:50 A.M. EST (1150 GMT* ON A CONCRETE RUN'AY AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC) IN FLORJDA. ... <123 125>

P124 MTV3 p124 .La 11 Hel 2011:41 2/3 SPACE SHUTTLE LANDS IN FLO5JDA AFTER MIR ENCOUNTER ... EILEEN COLLINS, THE FIRST WOMAN SHUTTLE PILOT, WAS NOT AT THE CONTROLS BECAUSE IT IS NATJONAL AERONAUTJCS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATJON (NASA) POLICY TO HAVE MISSION COMMANDERS LAND THE SHUTTLE.a DISCOVERZ AND ITS CREW -- INCLUDING VETERAN COSMONAUT VLADIMIR TITOV -- WERE RJTU5NING FROM WHAT NASA DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING OF ALL 67 SHUTTLE MISSIONS TO DATE. "WELCOME HOME AND CONGRATULATIONS ON AN OUTSTANDING MISSION. YOU ALL DID A TERRJFIC JOB UP THERE," MISSION ... <123 125>

P124 MTV3 p124 .La 11 Hel 2012:40 303 SPACE SHUTTLE LANDS IN FLO5JDA AFTER MIR ENCOUNTER ... CONTROL'S BRENT JETT RADIOED THE CREW FROM HOUSTON AS THE SHUTTLE ROLLED TO A STOP AFTER A JOURNEY OF 3 MILLION MILES, OR 130 ORBITS. THE FLIGHT BEGAN TO MERGE THE HUMAN SPACE PROGRAMS OF THE <123 125>