KSC-05PD-1849
DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, CA. - (EC05-0166-01_Dryden) Before dawn, Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California after completing the successful Return to Flight mission STS-114 to the International Space Station. Landing time was 8:11:22 a.m. EDT. The landing was deferred from Kennedy Space Center due to weather concerns. Aboard Discovery was her crew of seven: Mission Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson, Andrew Thomas, Wendy Lawrence, Charles Camarda and Soichi Noguchi, who represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. This is the 50th Shuttle landing at Edwards and the sixth night landing.
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August 9, 2005
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