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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. Why bbc? by wik · · Score: 3, Informative

    Of all news sources, why the random BBC link? Why not link to the shuttle website?

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  2. Re:One question by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's currently planned for STS-125, which won't happen earlier than May 2008.

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  3. Re:Too bad they didn't land at White Sands by wwphx · · Score: 3, Informative

    We were hoping for a White Sands landing as it is 30 miles away from our house. I didn't know that it had previously landed there until early this year I was spending time at the White Sands Missile Range museum. Apparently the sand on the runway did quite a number on the brakes.

    I think it might have landed here once while being flown from California on the back of its 747, but I'm not certain.

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  4. Re:Heard the sonic boom.. by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 3, Informative

    length of the orbiter (the longest supersonic vehicle there is, with the demise of the Concorde)

    I believe that honor goes to the B-1B. According to Wikipedia, the STS orbiter is 122 feet long, while the B-1B is 137 feet.

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