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The space shuttle Discovery landed this afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base, complete with its signature sonic boom heard across Southern California. The shuttle glided down over Los Angeles and landed on the runway without incident. Unstable weather on the East Coast forced Discovery to land at Edwards instead of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The so-called de-orbit burn began shortly before 5 p.m., with landing about 5:50 p.m. “The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Discovery enough to begin its descent,” according to information published by NASA. The landing completes a trip to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The mission lasted 14 days and covered 5.7 million miles. –Ann M.
According to the sources, a sonic boom reportedly occurred all across Los Angeles and was heard all over Southern California, as the much anticipated return of the NASA space shuttle Discovery reportedly landed at the Edwards Air Force Base at 5.50 p.m. (Pacific). Earlirer during the day, bad weather conditions prevented the seven astronauts placed within the space shuttle from landing at NASA’ s Kennedy Space Center. The landing was delayed twice due to frequent thunderstorms, which is a kind of a re-occurrence of the circumstances on Thursday that had kept the shuttle orbiting for an extra day. Sources reveal that Discovery reportedly discharged sonic booms as it roared past the California coast at a massive speed and landed at the air base situated at the north of Los Angeles. “Welcome home Discovery. Congratulations on an extremely successful mission,” echoed the words said by the shuttle commander, C J “Rick” Starlow. Mike Moses, the head of NASA’s mission management team reported
The space shuttle Discovery landed this afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base, complete with its signature sonic boom heard across Southern California. The shuttle glided down over Los Angeles and landed on the runway without incident. Unstable weather on the East Coast forced Discovery to land at Edwards instead of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The so-called de-orbit burn began shortly before 5 p.m., with landing about 5:50 p.m. “The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Discovery enough to begin its descent,” according to information published by NASA. The landing completes a trip to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The mission lasted 14 days and covered 5.7 million miles.
