Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Discovery home for the holidays POSTED: 6:11 p.m. EST, December 22, 2006 Story Highlights • NEW: Shuttle lands in Florida at 5:32 p.m. ET Friday • Discovery commander: 'You've got seven thrilled people here' • Shuttle needed to land by Saturday or run out of fuel that supplies its electricity CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Friday after some last-minute suspense over which landing site to use, closing out a year in which NASA finally got construction of the international space station back on track. Its arrival announced by its signature twin sonic booms, the spaceship touched down on a floodlit runway in the early evening darkness after a smooth, 13-day flight during which the astronauts rewired the space station and delivered U.S. astronaut Sunita " Suni " Williams to the orbiting outpost for a six-month stay. " It's a thrill to have you in Florida, " Mission Control said. After the shuttle rolled to a stop, ending its 5.3 million-mile journey, Discovery commander Mark Polansky said: " You have seven thrilled people right here. ... I think it's going to be a great holiday. " http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/22/space.shuttle.ap/index.html satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino mobile: Skype ID: +351963916784 jorge_angelino Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? -- Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/598 - Release 22.12.2006 15:22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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