Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The space shuttle Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 1:02 p.m. ET Wednesday afternoon, concluding a 15-day mission to the International Space Station that saw the crew repair a ripped solar wing and complete four spacewalks. The shuttle landed on Runway 33, making a right overhead turn as it approached the landing facility.
Discovery's return to Earth was the first coast-to-coast re-entry by a space shuttle since the destruction of Columbia over Texas in 2003. The landing path started over British Columbia then cut diagonally east over the Great Plains and several southern U.S. states.
The space shuttle Discovery touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 1:02 p.m. ET Wednesday afternoon, concluding a 15-day mission to the International Space Station that saw the crew repair a ripped solar wing and complete four spacewalks. The shuttle landed on Runway 33, making a right overhead turn as it approached the landing facility.
Discovery's return to Earth was the first coast-to-coast re-entry by a space shuttle since the destruction of Columbia over Texas in 2003. The landing path started over British Columbia then cut diagonally east over the Great Plains and several southern U.S. states.
The descent into orbit began at 11:59 a.m. ET, when shuttle commander Pam Melroy and pilot George Zamka fired the jets for about two minutes to slow the vehicle. At 12:30, the shuttle encountered the effects of the atmosphere, a point called "entry interface," and five minutes later it began a series of rolls to help it slow down and bleed off excess energy.
The original landing plan called for a pre-dawn touchdown in Florida with a flight over Central America and the Caribbean. However, crew fatigue after the long and busy mission, which began Oct. 23, led NASA to change plans.
The original landing plan called for a pre-dawn touchdown in Florida with a flight over Central America and the Caribbean. However, crew fatigue after the long and busy mission, which began Oct. 23, led NASA to change plans.
US is spenting billions dallars on the space ship, but I don’t know it would be help for the our future or not. There are people are dying, because they could eat anything for theirsevels on the other side of the planet, but we are spenting billions money on the space suttle. This would be helpful, but right now, many people require the helps, and this money can help many people’s lives. This is our tax.(Americans.) It is intreasitng topics to discuss.
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