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Geroge Diller/STS-133 NASA Commentator: And right now the word is that they'll all be going back in the

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astrovan which is also out at the runway right now.

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And here comes our crew, led by Commander Steve Lindsey.

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Meeting our Center Director Bob Cabana.

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And there's Steve Bowen, Alvin Drew, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott.

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Now the crew is underneath space shuttle Discovery.

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Eric Bow is meeting our Administrator Charlie Boldin.

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Our Center Director on the right, Bob Cabana. Also who has been an astronaut who has flown on the shuttle.

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That was Bill Gerstenmaier, and now we see Alvin Drew again.

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Charlie Bolden/NASA Administrator: I want to thank everybody for coming out.

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I especially want to thank Steve and the crew for an absolutely incredible flight.

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If my numbers are correct, it's the 39th flight on Discovery.

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Discovery has a very special place for me, and for Bob Cabana over here,

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because we both had an opportunity to fly on it twice. So this is very bittersweet for all of us.

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I want to thank all of you for continuing to support the space program the way you have.

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I'm just going to turn it over to Steve and let Steve make a couple of comments here.

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Steve come on up

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Steve Lindsey/STS-133 Commander:  Wow, it's great to be back.

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I am so thankful that we got to land back here at Kennedy Space Center, the home of Discovery.

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Charlie mentioned 39 flights. We believe, if we did our math right,

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which we may not have, this is 365 days on orbit for Discovery.

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An entire year in space.

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Discovery launched and came back on this flight just like my previous two flights on Discovery

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with absolutely no liens against her. No single system with any problems whatsoever.

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And if you think about a vehicle that's 26, 27 years old and been flying for that long to come back perfect,

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I have never seen an airplane be able do that.

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But because of the Kennedy Space Center work force here that takes care of this vehicle,

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it came back as perfect on its final flight as it did on its first flight.

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I'm extremely proud of this crew here. My crew did a fantastic job.

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The ground teams did a fantastic job. We accomplished every objective we set out to do then,

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plus a whole bunch more.

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But it was these folks on orbit that did it and I'm extremely proud of them and the job that they did.

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As Charlie mentioned it's a pretty bittersweet moment for all of us.

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As the minutes pass I'm actually getting sadder and sadder about this being the last flight and I know all the

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folks involved in the Shuttle Program feel the same way.

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To kind of end this, I would like to thank Bob Cabana and the Kennedy Space Center for giving us just a

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fantastic vehicle to fly.

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It was a privilege to be able to be in charge of her for just a couple of weeks.

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I'm sad to give her back, but I couldn't imagine giving her back into better hands than this group right here.

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Thank you all for coming and have a good day.