Discovery Completes Final Voyage

By Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com.
HOUSTON.

Shuttle Discovery returned from orbit for the final time on March 9, rolling onto the runway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., where the 27-year-old spacecraft and her six astronauts received a spirited homecoming.

The fleet-leading orbiter touched down on Runway 15 under mostly sunny skies at 11:57 a.m. EST, ending her 39th trip to space with just over 148.2 million mi. on her odometer ...

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