COLLECTION NAME:
STS-119 Gallery
Record
Title:
Parachute deploys at landing
Creator:
NASA
Description:
The drogue chute unfurls behind space shuttle Discovery on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Landing of Discovery March 28, 2009, completed the 13-day, 5.3-million mile journey on the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 3:13:17 p.m. EDT. Nose gear touchdown was at 3:13:40 p.m. and wheels stop was at 3:14:45 p.m. Discovery delivered the final pair of large power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. The mission was the 28th flight to the station, the 36th flight of Discovery and the 125th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 70th landing at Kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder March 28, 2009
Date:
3/28/09
Identifier:
323454main_discoverylands2_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2009
What:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
What:
Discovery
What:
STS-119
What:
International Space Station (ISS)
Where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Where:
Florida
