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This Week in NASA History: STS-105 Lands – August 22, 2001

This week in 2001, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-105, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
This week in 2001, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-105, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

This week in 2001, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-105, landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center following a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station. Discovery’s payload included the Early Ammonia Servicer, which was installed on the outside of the station, and 7,000 pounds of supplies, equipment, and science racks stored in the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. This was the second flight of Leonardo to the orbiting lab. The Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules were built by the Italian Space Agency and managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. (NASA)