P125 MTV3 p125 .La 11 Hel 2026:14 1/3 SHUTTLE BACK HOME AFTER SPACE STATJON FLYBY UPDATES WJTH QUOTES) BY BETH DICKEY CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORJDA, FEB 11 XREUTER) - THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY AND ITS MULTI-NATIONAL CREW OF SIX RETURNED TO EARTH EARLY ON SATURDAY AFTER EIGHT HISTORJC DAYS IN O5BIT ON A MISSION TO RENDEZVOUS WJTH RUSSIA'S SPACE STATJON MIR.a SHUTTLE COMMANDER JAMES WETHERBEE, A U.S. NAVY FLYER, GUIDED DISCOVERY DOWN TO A SMOOTH LANDING ON A CONCRJTE RUNWAY AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA AT 6:50 A.M. (1150 GMT*. DISCOVERY AND ITS CREW -- ... <124 126>

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>

P125 MTV3 p125 .La 11 Hel 2021:21 303 SHUTTLE BACK HOME AFTER SPACE STATJON FLYBY ... AND RUSSIA, SETTJNG THE STAGE FOR FUTURE SHUTTLES TO DOCK WJTH MIR TO DELIVER PASSENGERS AND EQUIPMENT. SEVEN SUCH MISSIONS ARE PLANNED BEFORE LATE 1997, WHEN THE TWO NATJONS AIM TO BEGIN BUILDING A NEW $40 BILLION SPACE <124 126>