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The Mission




Orbiter: Discovery
Mission: STS-131
Payload: Leonardo
Launch: April 5, 2010
Time: 6:21 a.m. EDT
Site: Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Landing: April 20 @ 9:08 a.m. EDT
Site: KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility

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Discovery home from penultimate trek

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Space shuttle Discovery returned from its supply run to the International Space Station with a blue-sky landing at the Kennedy Space Center. The ship's final approach is captured in these images taken from the Spaceflight Now office at the KSC Press Site. A few hours later, Discovery was towed from the runway to its hangar.

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Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now
 

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