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Space Shuttle Discovery Lands After Mission To International Space Station
David McNew
EDWARDS, CA - SEPTEMBER 11: Space Shuttle Discovery lands in the Mojave Desert on September 11, 2009 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base near Mojave, California. The STS-128 was prevented from landing at the preferred site at the Kennedy Space Center by deteriorating weather on the east coast of Florida. The shuttle crew completed a 13-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)