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STS-120: DEORBIT BURN!

By TonyF on 7 November 2007 at 12:08PM

Discovery is heading home! NASA reports:

Discovery Heads to Florida for Landing

The landing approach for space shuttle Discovery.

STS-120 Commander Pam Melroy and Pilot George Zamka fired Space Shuttle Discovery’s jets at 11:59 a.m. EST to begin the descent to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Discovery is scheduled to touch down at Kennedy at 1:01 p.m. to end its mission to the International Space Station.

+ View landing ground tracks

Discovery undocked from the station Monday to end its almost-11-day stay and begin the trip home.

Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV. Live video at CFNews13 and Florida Today.

Category: EU, ISS, STS-120, US

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