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Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth
Cape Canaveral, June 15 (MIA) - Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth overnight and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, now more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar Japanese science lab.
The shuttle descended through a few puffy clouds and landed at 11:15 a.m. (1515 GMT), under the control of commander Mark Kelly.
Two hours later, all the astronauts - including Garrett Reisman, looking remarkably fresh and fit after 95 days in space - walked out, shook hands with Nasa's senior managers and admired the ship that safely brought them home. Reisman enjoyed feeling the sunshine again.
"It's great to be here on the runway in sunny Florida," Kelly said. "It was really an exciting mission."
Discovery's flight spanned 14 days, 217 orbits and 5.7 million miles (9.17 million kilometers), and was described by Nasa as being about as smooth as it gets.
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