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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Shuttle Discovery Lands After Delay Due to Weather Conditions

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Space shuttle Discovery and its crew are back on Earth.Discovery landed at its home port in Florida on Saturday afternoon, ending a 13-day mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings.The space station can now produce enough electricity to support a larger crew and conduct more research.The shuttle crew also helped fix a recycling machine at the space station that turns astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water.Touchdown occurred a little later than planned. Cloudy and windy weather forced NASA to delay Discovery's homecoming by about 90 minutes. But the wind shifted and the conditions improved enough so that the seven astronauts could make the second and final landing opportunity for the day.

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