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Discovery Lands in Florida

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the return-to-terra-firma dept.

duh P3rf3ss3r writes "As reported by the BBC, the space shuttle Discovery safely landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2232 GMT. Discovery's 13-day mission is being called a success after astronauts undertook four space walks to install new wiring and to do battle with a recalcitrant solar panel. The next scheduled flight is the Atlantis shuttle in March. A video chronicle of the mission, including the landing, is available at NASA's video gallery."

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  1. Re:Great ! by Anomolous+Cowturd · · Score: 2, Funny

    How are you going to get a space shuttle into a library?

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  2. Re:ugh by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry - you didn't miss anything ... the Florida voters did a recount and it turns out that Discovery actually landed in Maryland.

  3. Re:Fuglesang! by Dunbal · · Score: 1, Funny

    First swedish astronaut ever. I'm so proud!

          Will we be seeing a torrent of the mission on the pirate bay? ;)

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  4. Re:You can by hey! · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know a game is pitched at geeks when the front page shouts in large letters: "Now with improved dynamic state propagation!"

    Zounds! I didn't know what I was missing!

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  5. Re:Fuglesang! by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe Ikea could make a shuttle? So long as you've got one of those hex keys, you'd be laughing. (After getting it out to the parking lot and home, of course.)

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