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Discovery Shuttle landing successful says NASA Space Center
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by Amy Judd | March 28, 2009 at 09:20 am
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The Discovery shuttle landing has been successful says NASA Space Center.
'Welcome Home Discovery' says NASA space Center seconds after the shuttle has safely landed in Florida.
Discovery landed at NASA's Florida spaceport a short while ago, ending a 13-day mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings.
The space station is now able to produce enough electricity to support a larger crew and conduct more research.
NASA's Discovery Shuttle has fired its braking rockets and is beginning its descent.
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has fired it's braking rockets and is beginning it's descent.
It is scheduled to land at 3:14pm EDT.
Previous bad weather delayed the landing.
Bad weather has delayed NASA's Discovery Shuttle landing; the weather is just too severe at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
“We think things have a good chance of looking better for our second opportunity today,'' Mission Control radioed to Discovery. The second chance for landing will be the last opportunity Saturday for Discovery. If bad weather persists, touchdown will be delayed another day. Sunday’s weather looks worse than today.
NASA decided to skip its first opportunity to bring Discovery back to Earth at 1:39 p.m. EDT (1739 GMT). The U.S. space agency has one more chance to land the shuttle on Saturday, at 3:14 p.m. EDT (1914 GMT)
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at 10:07 on March 28th, 2009
Source: nasa.gov
at 15:14 on March 28th, 2009
That is an awesome video Vinny. Thanks
at 10:12 on March 28th, 2009
Deorbit burn now complete.
at 10:16 on March 28th, 2009
Thanks Vinny
at 10:30 on March 28th, 2009
Thanks, Amy, for the update here. I was just at the NASA site and it doesn't have any other announcement other than what you've posted and Vinny's update above.
at 11:22 on March 28th, 2009
It's fantastic following the STS-119 landing ...
From NASA.gov:
Wheelstop: Discovery is HomeSat, 28 Mar 2009 03:16:17 PM EDT
"Discovery has stopped rolling, and with that, the STS-119 mission is officially complete. The landing convoy will move onto the runway to begin the work of safing the orbiter and assisting the crew.
"Welcome home, Discovery, after a great mission to bring the ISS to full power," CAPCOM George Zamka told the crew on board.
"Thank you very much, it's good to be back home," Commander Archambault responded."
at 11:53 on March 28th, 2009
Watching it land is so cool!
at 14:32 on March 28th, 2009
Yes, absolutely ... just saw the crew being interviewed on the ground, just brilliant!