Space Shuttle Discovery returns home

By at 7:06 am Monday, Jul 17

Space Shuttle Discovery has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center. "The STS-121 astronauts returned home today from a successful mission to the International Space Station when Space Shuttle Discovery touched down at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Landing occurred at 9:14 a.m. EDT." Link to timeline at NASA.gov, and here is a report by John Schwartz for the NYT. (Thanks, Uldis Bojars)

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