Discovery, returns home safety.

[xxMATTGxx]

Just watched the Space Shuttle "Discovery" land safety and successfully on earth at the Kennedy Space Centre on it's 2nd opportunity, since the first one was cancelled due to the weather.



Space shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center completing its mission to the International Space Station. The STS-119 crew delivered and installed the S6 truss structure, dropped off a new Expedition 18 crew member Koichi Wakata and returned Sandra Magnus after completing her stay as an Expedition 18 crew member.


http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

[PaulMacC]

Haha, very nice. Glad they are safe I was looking at space disasters a few weeks ago on Wikipedia, not very nice.
Well done to them on their mission though.

[Jack.Lfc]

Ill sleep tonight.

[no waiii]

when did they take of lolol

[xxMATTGxx]

when did they take of lolol


They went into space on the 15th March :P

[no waiii]

it wasnt on any news channels? lol must have not been important

[efq]

Yay another watcher of Nasa TV? I love watching them & when they come out and do the little things on the station haha.

[no waiii]

whats the link to it?

[xxMATTGxx]

it wasnt on any news channels? lol must have not been important

The UK really don't report it much. Although its on the BBC website. Not important? It brough the ISS (International Space Station) to full power :P


Yay another watcher of Nasa TV? I love watching them & when they come out and do the little things on the station haha.

Yeah, I love watching the launches and coming back to earth :).


whats the link to it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7967831.stm

[no waiii]

no the live video feed lol

[xxMATTGxx]

no the live video feed lol

It's a bit late for that? But here you go: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

It's only live if there's things going on, just went on it now and its like a repeat of the day :]

[no waiii]

oh : so you cant like view space..lol

[Jahova]

Good, mission success.

[xxMATTGxx]

Landed:
Sat., March 28, 2009, 3:14 p.m. EDT
Landing Site:
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Mission Elapsed Time:
12 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes, 33 secs

Official Landing Times
Main gear touchdown:
3:13:17 p.m. EDT
Nose gear touchdown:
3:13:40 p.m. EDT
Wheels stop:
3:13:45 p.m. EDT
Total miles:
5.3 million

Just some interesting facts, 5.3 million miles! :P

[Mathew]

I really want to see a space shuttle landing one day. At a launch your far away and can't really see the shuttle, could get some good pictures and video if you're there for landing.. :P

Thanks, Matt!