The landing of space shuttle Discovery was initially called of by the US space agency NASA, because inimical weather and strong winds, but at last, the space shuttle landed safely and soundly at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday.

According to NASA, the space shuttle Discovery landed at 3:14 p.m. EDT at KSC, after successfully completing its 13-day mission and three space walks at the International Space Station.

Lynnette Madison, the spokeswoman of NASA reported that the space shuttle Discovery was initially slated to land at 1:39 p.m. on Saturday, but the landing was deferred due to unfriendly weather and strong winds, which forced the shuttle to take one more orbit around the Earth. But ultimately, the shuttle landed safely, soundly, and successfully at 3:14 p.m. EDT at KSC.

Subsequently, George Zamka, an astronaut broadcasted from mission control in Houston – “Welcome home, Discovery, after a great mission to bring the International Space Station to full power.”

NASA claimed that Discovery was a "very successful mission”. "It was very much a successful mission. We're ready for a six-person crew [on the space station] now. We have our solar arrays up. It was all very successful," said Madison, the spokeswoman of NASA.

The flight engineer at the ISS, Sandra H. Magnus flew back to Earth on the space shuttle Discovery, and Dr. Magnus returned back to Earth in place of the Japanese astronaut, Koichi Wakata, who will stay at the ISS.