The space shuttle landing today successfully completed at 9:08 a.m. Eastern Time. When the space shuttle completed the shuttle landing path over the United States, it had flown over a payday cash advance store in North Dakota all the way to a bar in Georgia. This was the third space shuttle landing try, after two scrubbed landings yesterday.
Space shuttle landing today nearly scrubbed again
The Florida space center NASA crew was trying for the third time today to land the space shuttle. Bad weather and thick clouds canceled two different attempts yesterday. Rainstorms and thick clouds caused the space shuttle landing today to be postponed by one full Earth orbit. After 238 complete circles around the earth, space shuttle Discovery touched down in Florida.
Shuttle landing path
The space shuttle landing path planned for Discovery was a very unusual path for NASA flights. NASA has avoided overland shuttle landing paths ever since the 2003 Columbia disaster. When the Columbia broke apart, it scattered debris across Nevada, New Mexico, California, and Texas. The landing path of the Discovery shuttle allowed the crew a cash advanceworth of additional time in space and extra sleep before the space shuttle landing today, which took extreme focus. The Discovery space shuttle landing today gave an opportunity for numerous United States citizens to see and hear the space shuttle landing, thanks to the unusual shuttle landing path.
The remaining planned NASA shuttle missions
On Might 14, the next-to-next-to-last space shuttle launch. The current NASA space program has only 3 remaining spaceflights, which kick off with the Atlantis launch in May. Discovery will make the last space flight of its life on Sept 16. Once this space shuttle fleet is retired at the end of the year, NASA could be focusing on projects such as landing on Mars.
See the space shuttle landing in Florida today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R2dCWZ92ew
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