Discovery has landed.

[Thumper_Man]

Just wanted to say, welcome back Discovery. Congratulations on a successful mission. We will miss you.

 

[Deb in IA]

Welcome back and congratulations on a job well done.

Enjoy your retirement.

 

[Nik's Mom]

I'm sad to see the program ending, but look forward to the future.

 

[Deb in IA]

Some interesting statistics:

Discovery flew both return-to-flight missions after its sister ships, Challenger and Columbia, were lost. It launched the Hubble Space Telescope. It carried John Glenn, one of America's first space pioneers, on his sentimental return to space in 1998. It assembled the first components of the International Space Station. It has flown more times than any other spaceship in history: 39 missions, 365 days in space, 5,830 orbits of the Earth, 148,221,665 miles traveled. It has gone through 39 sets of landing-gear tires since its first flight in 1984.

 

[ChrisFL]

Some interesting statistics:

Discovery flew both return-to-flight missions after its sister ships, Challenger and Columbia, were lost. It launched the Hubble Space Telescope. It carried John Glenn, one of America's first space pioneers, on his sentimental return to space in 1998. It assembled the first components of the International Space Station. It has flown more times than any other spaceship in history: 39 missions, 365 days in space, 5,830 orbits of the Earth, 148,221,665 miles traveled. It has gone through 39 sets of landing-gear tires since its first flight in 1984.

 

[Dax]

Double BOOM heard here at MCO...!!! To cloudy to see if we could see it coming in though

 

[Thumper_Man]

I watched it land on NASA tv. It was pretty fun to watch.

Thanks for posting the Stats Deb. You beat me to it. It was real interesting to hear all the facts on Discovery. All that remain now is one more trip for Endeavour and one for Atlantis.