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RE: STS-120 mission

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The space shuttle Discovery has been given the all-clear to land at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US.
The shuttle is scheduled to land at 13:01 local time (18:01 GMT) on Wednesday.

TLE Data

STS 120
1 32272U 07050A   07311.54640881  .00053333  12446-4  10000-3 0   416
2 32272 051.6424 084.6053 0078689 123.3406 330.7282 15.95506512  2357

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The Discovery shuttle has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) to start its journey home.
The ship is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 1302 local time (1802 GMT) on Wednesday.

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The space shuttle Discovery has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS)today, to prepare for its home journey. The space shuttle with a seven-member crew commanded by Pamela Melroy, was predicted to land Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.

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Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station on Thursday, and its crew prepared to embark on the most challenging construction work ever attempted in a single mission.
With commander Pamela Melroy at the helm, Discovery snuggled up to the space station and latched on after performing a giant somersault to give engineers a close look at the ship's belly and make sure it wasn't damaged during liftoff.

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