Showing posts with label Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Set to Return to Earth Thursday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Set to Return to Earth Thursday. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Set to Return to Earth Thursday

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth Thursday after a 13-day mission. Two landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are available at 7:05 p.m. and 8:42 p.m. EDT.NASA will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting Discovery and its crew to land. If bad weather prevents a return on Thursday, both Kennedy and the