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Brandi Dean/Landing Commentator:  One 
minute now until touchdown.

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Discovery's landing gear will be locked down and into place at 300 feet in altitude.

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It's currently 3,500 feet and traveling at a rate of 370 mph. Thirty seconds until touchdown.

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Main gear, landing gear now down and 
locked. Main gear touchdown.

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Pilot Jim Dutton now deploying the drag chute. Nose gear touchdown.

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That brings an end to the STS-131 mission, the 131st space shuttle flight, and the 33rd to the International Space Station.

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Discovery left Florida on April 5 with 7.6 tons of new science equipment and spare parts,

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including equipment that should improve the station's capability for Earth-observation work,

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equipment that could help astronauts avoid muscle atrophy and scientists better understand muscle atrophy,

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and equipment that will help keep the station's systems cooling properly.

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Discovery brings home with it the last large return load from the station, 2 tons of used equipment.

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Rick Sturckow/Capcom:  Roger, wheelstop, 
Discovery. Welcome home. Dex,

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congratulations to you and the crew on an outstanding mission.

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There are no immediate post-landing deltas. We'll meet you on Page 5-3 of the Entry 
Checklist.

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Alan Poindexter/STS-131 Commander:  Houston, Discovery.  Thanks for those... It was a great mission. We enjoyed it.

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We enjoyed working with you and all the teams in mission control.

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And we're glad that the International Space Station is stocked up again. Thanks a lot.

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