U.S. Discovery shuttle safely makes final landing

Discovery shuttle

Space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida completing its 39th and final flight, NASA said on Wednesday.

"Discovery has completed its final mission, STS-133, for NASA's Space Shuttle Program landing on-time at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:57 a.m. EST [16:57 GMT], March 9, 2011 after 202 orbits around Earth and a journey of 5,304,140 miles," the agency said on its Website.

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