FW: Discovery Separates from International Space Station

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:20:46 -0600
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Subject: Discovery Separates from International Space Station

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:41:27 -0600

At 8:37 a.m. EST, space shuttle Discovery fired its jets to separate from
the International Space Station for the final time, setting it on a course
for its return to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:58 a.m.
Wednesday. Ground tracks have been posted for Discovery's landing
opportunities:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/news/landin
g.html. The Spaceflight Meteorology Group forecasts "go" conditions at
Kennedy for Discovery's planned landing. At 9:58 a.m. NASA Television will
air a video playback of undocking. The "late inspection" of Discovery's heat
shield will commence at 11:13 a.m., and today's Mission Status Briefing will
air at 1:30 p.m.

 
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