Jacques van Oene
August 9th 05, 06:18 PM
Monday, August 9, 2005 - 8:30 a.m. CDT
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STS-114 MCC Status Report #28
Discovery glided to a pre-dawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in
California this morning concluding a journey of 5.8 million miles, touching
down at 7:11 a.m. CDT.
The landing marked the sixth night landing at Edwards Air Force Base, and
the 50th time overall that a Shuttle concluded its mission in the California
desert.
Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly, assisted by Mission Specialist
Steve Robinson, began Discovery's return to earth by firing the spacecraft's
orbital maneuvering system engines to slow its speed and begin its descent.
Discovery's ground track took it from the firing of the 2 minute, 42-second
deorbit burn at 6:06 a.m. over the western Indian Ocean, traveling in a loop
around Australia, then northeast across the Pacific, across the California
coast north of Los Angeles and then to Edwards.
Persistent thunderstorms at the primary landing site in Florida resulted in
a wave-off of two opportunities to return to the launch site today.
The STS-114 flight of Discovery with Collins, Kelly, Robinson and Mission
Specialists Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Andy Thomas, Wendy Lawrence and Charlie Camarda provided unprecedented
information on the condition of an orbiter in space. Noguchi and Robinson
did three successful spacewalks at the International Space Station and
Discovery transported tons of equipment and supplies to and from the
Station.
From the Station, Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John
Phillips sent their congratulations to Discovery's crew and the flight
control team in Houston.
Discovery's crew will have a welcome home ceremony at 3 p.m. Wednesday at
Houston's Ellington Field.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STS-114 MCC Status Report #28
Discovery glided to a pre-dawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in
California this morning concluding a journey of 5.8 million miles, touching
down at 7:11 a.m. CDT.
The landing marked the sixth night landing at Edwards Air Force Base, and
the 50th time overall that a Shuttle concluded its mission in the California
desert.
Commander Eileen Collins and Pilot Jim Kelly, assisted by Mission Specialist
Steve Robinson, began Discovery's return to earth by firing the spacecraft's
orbital maneuvering system engines to slow its speed and begin its descent.
Discovery's ground track took it from the firing of the 2 minute, 42-second
deorbit burn at 6:06 a.m. over the western Indian Ocean, traveling in a loop
around Australia, then northeast across the Pacific, across the California
coast north of Los Angeles and then to Edwards.
Persistent thunderstorms at the primary landing site in Florida resulted in
a wave-off of two opportunities to return to the launch site today.
The STS-114 flight of Discovery with Collins, Kelly, Robinson and Mission
Specialists Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Andy Thomas, Wendy Lawrence and Charlie Camarda provided unprecedented
information on the condition of an orbiter in space. Noguchi and Robinson
did three successful spacewalks at the International Space Station and
Discovery transported tons of equipment and supplies to and from the
Station.
From the Station, Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John
Phillips sent their congratulations to Discovery's crew and the flight
control team in Houston.
Discovery's crew will have a welcome home ceremony at 3 p.m. Wednesday at
Houston's Ellington Field.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info