NASA WEB ·Inside the wheel well behind Atlantis’ right-hand main landing gear, workers attaches one end of a retract link. It replaces one in which a small crack was recently found.

Inside the wheel well behind Atlantis’ right-hand main landing gear, workers attaches one end of a retract link. It replaces one in which a small crack was recently found. To lower the main landing gear, a mechanical linkage released by each gear actuates the doors to the open position. The landing gear reach the full-down and extended position with 10 seconds and are locked in the down position by spring-loaded downlock bungees Atlantis is scheduled to launch in September 2005 on the second Return to Flight mission, STS-121. 05/26/2005

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