19 years ago today: Space Shuttle Atlantis' main landing gear touches down at Edwards Air Force Base in California concluding a two-week assembly mission to the International Space Station.

Sunita Williams, a flight engineer on the Expedition 15 crew, returned to Earth on STS-117 completing 194 days in space, the longest single spaceflight ever by a female astronaut or cosmonaut to that date. This record is now held by Christina H Koch for her 2019–2020 spaceflight (328 days).