STS-69 Flight Day 11 Highlights

Abstract

On this eleventh day of the STS-69 flight, the astronauts, Cmdr. Dave Walker, Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman, and Mike Gernhardt were awakened to the theme song for the cartoon 'Charlie Brown. ' The crew spent most of the day preparing the shuttle for reentry and landing. Several reporters interviewed the crew via a satellite link. Questions ranging from the status and problems with the mission to NASA's future were asked. Walker and Cockrell performed a successful landing of the space shuttle at Kennedy Space Center.