It has been a busy time in outer space for the astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis and on the International Space Station.

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He is also a former two-time space shuttle astronaut, having flown in 2008 and 2009.

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The space station crew has been limited to two full-time residents since last year's suspension of space shuttle flights in the wake of the Columbia accident.

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Space shuttle Atlantis landed for the last time at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m. this morning.

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