Space Shuttle Landing
Weather appears good for shuttle's landing - Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON ? The weather looked favorable for space shuttle Discovery to return to Earth Saturday after a two-week mission in which it delivered a new Japanese lab to the international space station. "Mission's coming to an end but it's gonna be good ...

Shuttle Discovery lands, ending two-week mission - Houston Chronicle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven landed safely Saturday to cap a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab. Commander Mark Kelly ...

Shuttle Discovery returns to Earth - Miami Herald
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab. The shuttle swooped through a ...

Discovery Returns to Earth After Successful Space Mission - FOX News
June 13: Discovery's crew waves at the end of a televised news conference on the shuttle flight deck. June 13: Discovery's crew waves at the end of a televised news conference on the shuttle flight deck. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? Shuttle Discovery and ...

Space shuttle Discovery leaves orbit for landing - Washington Post
Resize Text CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the U.S. space shuttle Discovery fired braking rockets to leave orbit on Saturday, beginning an hour-long glide back to Earth at the end of a two-week mission to give Japan a permanent ...

Shuttle Discovery lands, ending two-week mission - Houston Chronicle
The Discovery astronauts dropped from Earth's orbit and soared to a safe landing in Florida this morning, drawing to an end a 14-day mission to the international space station for the delivery of a $1 billion Japanese science module. The winged space ...

Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely in Florida - The Ledger
The space shuttle Discovery touches down at 11:15 a.m. EDT, Saturday, June 14, 2008, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., capping a successful expansion job at the international space station, made more spacious and robust thanks to a ...

Shuttle returns to Earth after 14-day mission - Forbes
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab. The shuttle descended through a ...

Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth - Reuters India
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed at its home port on Saturday, wrapping up a mission that gave Japan a permanent toehold in space and setting NASA up for its next mission -- a high-profile servicing call to the ...

Crew of space shuttle Discovery fires braking rockets for return to ... - International Herald Tribune
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida : Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven are heading back to Earth after their mission at the international space station. Commander Mark Kelly and co-pilot Kenneth Ham fired the shuttle's braking rockets at midmorning ...

NASA clears space shuttle Discovery for landing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a landing attempt on Saturday after determining that a piece of floating debris and an apparent bump on its tail would not pose problems during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

Space Shuttle Crew Prepares for Saturday Landing (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery will prime their spacecraft to once more fly through Earth's atmosphere Friday as they prepare to cap their space station construction flight with a planned weekend landing.

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