Astronaut Leland Melvin's longest exploration ended where it began. The Virginia native returned to Earth February 19, 2008, aboard the shuttle Atlantis, completing a 5.3 million-mile trip in space that took him 202 times around the globe in 13 days. The shuttle touched down amid wispy clouds at Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 9:07 a.m., wrapping up a nearly spotless mission highlighted by the delivery of a new space station lab. [MORE]