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SHUTTLE CONTROL
Coming in on its final approach now, landing gear on the 747 are down.<br>

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Again, this is the final leg of a three hop flight starting in California, going to Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma.<br>

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Spending two nights at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana before coming in this morning here at Kennedy Space Center.<br>

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This is a welcome site for employees at KSC, to see the vehicle back in town, moments away from touch down.<br>

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Discovery is returning back to KSC.<br>

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Main gear down,<br>

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and nose gear touch down.<br>

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Discovery is back at Kennedy Space Center.<br>

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Landing on the runway going North to South. 747 will continue to, taxi towards the end of runway.<br>

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Once there, it will stop. Passing the mid-field point right now.<br>

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Once at the end of the runway, it will stop and a tow truck will be right out to it,<br>

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to actually tow into the Mate/Demate Device, where over the next several hours,<br>

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Discovery will be lifted off the back of the 747.<br>

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The 747 will be removed, backed out and Discovery will be lowered down on its landing gear,<br>

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and then this time tomorrow, it will be towed back to the Orbiter Processing 
Facility, completion of Mission STS-114.<br>

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Once in the Orbiter Processing Facility, the payload bay doors will be opened<br>

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and de-stow operations of the materials brought back from the International Space Station will begin.<br>

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Discovery is now slated to fly on the next Space Shuttle Mission,<br>

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currently targeted for no earlier then March of 2006,<br>

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Mission STS-121 back to the International Space Station.<br>

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Now that Discovery is back at Kennedy Space Center,<br>

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this will end the commentary for this mission and for this return ferry flight.<br>

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From the Kennedy Space Center, this is Shuttle Control.<br>