Magnificent Pictures Of Space Shuttle Discovery Coming In To Land

These amazing pictures capture the Space Shuttle Discovery plunging back through the atmosphere heading for Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert after completing an 11-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.

The landing was delaying several times due to bad weather and it’s final landing location was switched from Florida to California as poor weather continued.

After 219 orbits around Earth, Commander Rick Sturckow circled Discovery down over the California desert, burning off speed before nose-diving the 100-tonne ship to the concrete landing strip to complete a 5.7-million mile journey.

Posted on September 14, 2009 | Filed Under Tech

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