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STS-120: Discovery On The Runway

At around 2:10PM EST, all the astronauts are off Discovery and aboard the Crew Tranport Vehicle.  NASA reports:

Discovery Lands in Florida

Space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center.
Image Above: Space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Image credit: NASA
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Space shuttle Discovery descended to a smooth landing at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. With Commander Pam Melroy and Pilot George Zamka at the controls, Discovery landed at 1:01 p.m. EST.

During its stay at the station, which began Oct. 25, the STS-120 crew continued the on-orbit construction of the station with the installation of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss.

The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and did four spacewalks at the station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss. The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array.

Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani.

STS-120 is the 120th shuttle mission and 23rd mission to visit the space station. The next mission, STS-122, is slated to launch in December.

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

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