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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden introduces the STS-133 crew to media representatives waiting on the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to hear statements about space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight mission. Crew members, from left, are Mission Specialists Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen. The crew returned to Earth at 11:57 a.m. on Runway 15, completing a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett