COLLECTION NAME:
Kennedy Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Touchdown Discovery
Creator:
NASA
Description:
Space shuttle Discovery touches down on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete 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. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett March 28, 2009
Date:
3/28/09
Identifier:
323439main_discoverylands-lg_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2009
What:
Discovery
What:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
What:
STS-1
What:
International Space Station (ISS)
Where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Where:
Florida
