Discovery lands at KSC
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006, 11:01 AM ET (1501 GMT)
The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning despite some weather that forced a last-minute change in landing plans. Discovery landed on runway 15 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 9:14 am EDT (1314 GMT), ending a nearly 13-day mission to the International Space Station. NASA had planned to bring Discovery down on the south end of the main runway, but during the approach elected to have the orbiter swing around to the north end after some thunderstorms quickly developed in the shuttle's original path. The next shuttle mission, the flight of Atlantis on STS-115, is scheduled for a launch window that opens in late August.
The space shuttle Discovery landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning despite some weather that forced a last-minute change in landing plans. Discovery landed on runway 15 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 9:14 am EDT (1314 GMT), ending a nearly 13-day mission to the International Space Station. NASA had planned to bring Discovery down on the south end of the main runway, but during the approach elected to have the orbiter swing around to the north end after some thunderstorms quickly developed in the shuttle's original path. The next shuttle mission, the flight of Atlantis on STS-115, is scheduled for a launch window that opens in late August.
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