P125 MTV3 p125 .La 11 Hel 2027:15 2/3 SHUTTLE BACK HOME AFTER SPACE STATJON FLYBY ... INCLUDING A VETERAN RUSSIAN COSMONAUT AND THE FIRST BRJTON TO WALK IN SPACE -- WERE RETURNING FROM WHAT THE U.S. SPACE AGENCY NASA DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING OF ALL 67 SHUTTLE MISSIONS TO DATE. "WELCOME HOME AND CONGRATULATJONS ON AN OUTSTANDING MISSION. YOU ALL DID A TE5RJFIC JOB UP THERE,baMISSION CONTROL'S BRENT JETT RADIOED THE CREW FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS AS THE SHUTTLE ROLLED TO A STOP. THE FLJGHT BEGAN TO MERGE THE SPACE PROGRAMMES OF THE UNITED STATES ... <124 126>