The space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, endingan 11-day mission to resupply the International Space Station.

According to NASA TV, the shuttle touched down at 9:44 a.m. EDT(1444 GMT) amid clear blue skies.

"Couldn't have picked a clearer day," commander Charles Hobaugh said. Mission Control congratulated him on a "picture perfect" landing.

Atlantis lifted off from the space center on Nov. 16. During its mission, astronauts conducted three spacewalks to install antennas, science experiments, and other tasks.

Atlantis' STS-129 mission is NASA's fifth and last shuttle mission for 2009. There are just five more shuttle launches scheduled before the planned September 2010 retirement of the space shuttle fleet.

The space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)