The astronauts who flew the final mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour returned to the Johnson Space Center on Thursday and were welcomed by a large crowd, including Pat Patton, who provided these photos.

The crew members for the STS-134 mission were Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori.