Discovery returns to Earth

Discovery returns to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - The space shuttle Discovery with seven crew members aboard lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 20, 2010, a day after thick cloud prompted NASA twice to wave off its homecoming from a two-week trip to space.

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