Astronauts Prepare for Flight Home

Flying solo once more, space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts cleaned up from their repair work at the international space station and packed for the ride home to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. They’re scheduled to return early Monday, although the forecast isn’t too promising. The threat of rain and low clouds on landing morning did not damper NASA’s excitement over a job well done. Atlantis’ U.S.-Russian crew replaced four bad batteries and a broken antenna on the space station, along with other work.