Cape Canaveral

NASA''s shuttle Discovery glides home after successful mission

NASA''s shuttle Discovery glides home after successful missionCape Canaveral, Mar 29 : Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA''s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles.

The team landed at 3:14 p. m. (EDT) on Saturday.

The STS-119 flight delivered the space station''s fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station''s truss, or backbone.

The additional electricity provided by the arrays will fully power science experiments and help support station operations.