NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery Landed At Air Bas California
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 1:00 pm under World News
NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery Landed At Air Bas California, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 5:53 pm local time (0053 GMT) on Friday.
The shuttle successfully made the steep descent — at an angle seven times more acute than a commercial jet — through thin cloud to runway 22 at the desert base.
Shortly after touchdown, NASA deployed teams of white-suited inspectors to scour the outside of the space craft to make sure it was undamaged and the astronauts could disembark safely.
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