Space shuttle Discovery back in Florida
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Sunday, August 21, 2005
The Space Shuttle Discovery has returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The 109 ton vehicle was flown back from Edwards Airforce Base (AFB) in California on top of a modified Boeing 747 known as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The 3,591 km journey across the United States took 2 days and cost about one million dollars. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft made pit-stops in Oklahoma and Louisiana before landing in Florida this morning.
On its way back from space, Discovery had to land at Edwards AFB on August 9 because its homebase in Florida reported bad weather.
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Sources
- "Shuttle Discovery back in Florida". BBC News, August 21, 2005
- "Shuttle Discovery Home After Calif. Detour". AP, August 21, 2005
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