CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-131 Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio receives a hug from space shuttle Discovery Flow Director Stephanie Stilson, congratulating him on a successful mission as Mission Specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger looks on. Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. is at right. Discovery landed at Kennedy after 15 days in space, completing the more than STS-131 mission on orbit 238. Main gear touchdown was at 9 08 35 EDT followed by nose gear touchdown at 9 08 47 and wheelstop at 9 09
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-131 Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio receives a hug from space shuttle Discovery Flow Director Stephanie Stilson, congratulating him on a successful mission as Mission Specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger looks on. Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. is at right. Discovery landed at Kennedy after 15 days in space, completing the more than STS-131 mission on orbit 238. Main gear touchdown was at 9 08 35 EDT followed by nose gear touchdown at 9 08 47 and wheelstop at 9 09 33 The seven-member STS-131 crew carried the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that were transferred to the International Space Station's laboratories. The crew also switched out a gyroscope on the station’s truss, installed a spare ammonia storage tank and retrieved a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior. STS-131 is the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.
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