Discovery completes successful return to Earth
Saturday, 14 Jun 2008 17:56
Nasa space shuttle Discovery complete safe return to Earth
The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-man crew have completed their 14-day journey into space after landing at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
After covering 5.7 million miles through space the shuttle touched down at 11.15 EDT (16:15 BST).
The STS-124 mission was the second of three flights to launch
components to the International Space Station to complete the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory.
Discovery delivered Kibo's tour bus-sized Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM), which is the station's largest module.
The mission included three spacewalks to install and outfit the JPM and activate its robotic arm system.
With the Discovery mission successfully complete, Nasa are now looking ahead to the next big date in the diaries - October 8th - which will see the Atlantis mission get underway.