Click to play videoNew Delhi: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to land in Florida on Thursday after spending six months in space.
Atlantis had a nearly 10-day stay at the International Space Station and was scheduled to undock at 1440 GMT on Tuesday, with a planned return to Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday.
Astronauts aboard Atlantis are now happy with a test to see how well the Russian computers that crashed last week can control the orbiting outpost's orientation.
On Monday, a revived set of computers on board the international space station passed a test for efficacy. It's now almost certain that the shuttle will undock from the space station today and land in Florida on Thursday
Sunita Williams is one of the seven astronauts making the flight back. Sunita's record six-month stay at the Space Station was the longest single spaceflight by a woman. She spent her last full day in space showing the ropes to her replacement, U.S. astronaut Clay Anderson.
“I was just in the right place at the right time, there was many people who could have done it before me and many who will probably surpass that record in the future. Thank you," she said while talking about her record stay in space.
Atlantis has been at the space station since June 10 so that astronauts could install a new set of solar power panels and prepare the complex for the arrival of new laboratories.
The 100 billion- dollar station's three main computers had crashed last week, raising concerns that it would have to be temporarily abandoned. But all six of the computers' processors are now back online.
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