A glorious return to the earth!

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Sunita Williams, a lady of Indian origin who completed her 195 days stay at the ISS(International Space Station) is back home. Yesterday at 1:20 IST, the space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Edwards Airforce Base. Forgetting the Space Shuttle Columbia incident in 2002, Atlantis added hope for the new upcoming ventures of the NASA. She has become the only woman to spend so much time at the space station. She has become an Idol for the Indians and has earned her place in the hearts of crores of Indians. She has not only served for humanity but also has placed a milestone for the completion of the ISS by the year 2010. The main misson of the ISS would be the study of human survival and affects of zero gravity on human bodies. This would be helpful during the mission to moon and mars. Sunita is a engineer and has a quite a good experience in space walks. She spent nearly 22 hours in a space walk to handle the robotic arm, which is again another record. She also ran for a marathon from the Space Station itself. She has also broke a record of longest cycling in the space station.