Space Shuttle Discovery Landing – A remarkable space shuttle Discovery landing was observed in Florida.
The space shuttle discovery landing ends a twenty seven year life in space.
The space shuttle Discovery is famous for ferrying the first female pilot, the first African American astronaut and as well as John Glenn, the oldest astronaut so far.
After the Columbia and Challenger incidents the first to go back into orbit is the space shuttle Discovery.
A 13 day mission to the international space station was its 39th mission and is its last.
Six crew members were all emotional as they prepared the space shuttle for its return back to earth.
With regards to space shuttle missions, NASA has plans for two more for this year. Atlantis and Endeavour will see some airtime and as well as space time in the later part of the year.
The fate of the Discovery is a well thought retirement at the Smithsonian Museum located in Washington DC.
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