The Atlantis landing, safe and sound. (click title to entry - thank you)
...Instead of the usual six- or seven-person crew, (click here) only four astronauts were aboard the Atlantis on its 13-day cargo run to the International Space Station. It was the first time in 28 years NASA had gone with a crew that small, choosing to do so because there was no shuttle available for a rescue flight if Atlantis was somehow damaged and could not make the trip home....
