Weather improves for Shuttle landing

NASA managers picked Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the space shuttle Discovery to touch down tonight after wrestling with weather conditions at three landing sites.

Weather improves for Shuttle landing
Fri, 22 Dec, 2006 - 21:45

NASA managers picked Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the space shuttle Discovery to touch down tonight after wrestling with weather conditions at three landing sites.

Shortly afterwards, the shuttle fired its engines in preparation to slow down so it could enter Earth’s atmosphere.

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