CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery appears to hover above the ground as it prepares to land on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9 08 EDT, completing the 15-day STS-131 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 9 08 35 EDT followed by nose gear touchdown at 9 08 47 and wheelstop at 9 09 33 Aboard are Commander Alan Poindexter; Pilot James P. Dutton Jr.; and Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Clayton Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki of t
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery appears to hover above the ground as it prepares to land on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9 08 EDT, completing the 15-day STS-131 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 9 08 35 EDT followed by nose gear touchdown at 9 08 47 and wheelstop at 9 09 33 Aboard are Commander Alan Poindexter; Pilot James P. Dutton Jr.; and Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio, Clayton Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. 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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