NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery Landed At Air Bas California

NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery Landed At Air Bas CaliforniaNASA’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.


NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery Landed At Air Bas California was first posted on September 12, 2009 at 1:00 pm.
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