Discovery returns home

Source URL: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/17/shuttle.ap/index.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/1895

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Commander Steve Lindsey landed the space shuttle Discovery at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Monday morning, ending the shuttle's nearly flawless 13-day mission to the international space station.

This was the first landing at Kennedy in nearly four years. Last year's flight of Discovery, after weather delays, came down at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the backup site.

Mission Control waited until almost the last minute before notifying the astronauts that the weather was good enough to come home.

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