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Tue, Aug 09, 2005

Discovery Lands Safely At Edwards

Weather Forces Another Landing Delay

ANN Real-Time News: 0812 EDT -- Discovery landed safely Tuesday morning at Edwards AFB, CA. The entire de-orbiting procedure went like clockwork, according to NASA officials.

0540 EDT -- Delayed again by thunderstorms within 30 NM of Florida's Cape Canaveral, NASA's return to flight is now slated to end at 0812 EDT, when the orbiter lands at Edwards AFB, CA.

The space agency decided Tuesday morning that the storms hovering around the Cape were reason enough to forego two landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center.

"How do you feel about a beautiful clear night with a breeze down the runway in the high desert of California?" Mission Control radioed the shuttle crew early Tuesday.

"We are ready for whatever we need to do," said the stalwart Discovery commander, Eileen Collins.

As ANN reported last week, the shuttle's landing was delayed for a day so crew members could help with chores around the International Space Station. That decision came after the shuttle fleet was grounded when engineers discovered there was more damaged caused by foam falling from the external fuel tank during launch.

Disocvery's return to Earth was delayed on Monday for much the same reasons at Tuesday's delays -- spotty weather around Cape Canaveral.

FMI: www.nasa.gov

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