Discovery Lands in Florida 83
duh P3rf3ss3r writes "As reported by the BBC, the space shuttle Discovery safely landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2232 GMT. Discovery's 13-day mission is being called a success after astronauts undertook four space walks to install new wiring and to do battle with a recalcitrant solar panel. The next scheduled flight is the Atlantis shuttle in March. A video chronicle of the mission, including the landing, is available at NASA's video gallery."
Why bbc? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:One question (Score:5, Informative)
Torrents (Score:2, Informative)
Of course.
Four torrents [thepiratebay.org] currently:
What did you expect? :-)
Re:Too bad they didn't land at White Sands (Score:3, Informative)
I think it might have landed here once while being flown from California on the back of its 747, but I'm not certain.
Re:Heard the sonic boom.. (Score:3, Informative)
We heard it in Houston at 4:20 CST. A bunch of people at JSC wandered outside looking for it (although we all knew it would be next to impossible to view). Among those craning their necks looking was John Young, who commanded the first shuttle mission (and as an aside, been to the moon a couple of times). I wish I had my camera, it was priceless.
Re:Heard the sonic boom.. (Score:4, Informative)
I believe that honor goes to the B-1B. According to Wikipedia, the STS orbiter is 122 feet long, while the B-1B is 137 feet.
Re:Only 14 More Flights! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Heard the sonic boom.. (Score:3, Informative)
The Tupolev 160 is 177 feet long and still in operation.
The XB-70, which is no longer in operation, was 185 feet long, but then the Concorde was 202 feet long.