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Discovery Comes Home

Space shuttle Discovery drops from the blue sky preparing to land on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This 69th landing at Kennedy ended the STS-124 mission, a 14-day flight to the International Space Station.
Space shuttle Discovery drops from the blue sky preparing to land on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This 69th landing at Kennedy ended the STS-124 mission, a 14-day flight to the International Space Station.

Space shuttle Discovery drops from the blue sky preparing to land on Runway 15 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This 69th landing at Kennedy ended the STS-124 mission, a 14-day flight to the International Space Station. The crew delivered the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system to the station.
Image credit: NASA/Kevin O’Connell,Scott Haun
June 14, 2008