Space shuttle Atlantis, carrying Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams and six others, landed successfully at Edwards Air Force Base in California early Saturday morning. Atlantis' landing took place at 1:19 AM IST. Technicians are checking the shuttle.The landing brought an end to a successful construction mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson.He replaced astronaut Williams, who is the new record holder for a long-duration single spaceflight for a woman. Williams is returning home after a record breaking 195-day space odyssey by a woman. She had set off from Cape Canaveral in December nine last year on space shuttle Discovery for what was to become the longest space journey by a woman.
