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Description	English: Space Shuttle Discovery's drag chute is deployed as the spacecraft rolls toward wheels stop on runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, concluding the 14-day STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. Onboard are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Ken Ham, pilot; Mike Fossum, Ron Garan, Karen Nyberg, Garrett Reisman and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, all mission specialists. The main landing gear touched down at 11:15:19 a.m. (EDT) on June 14, 2008. The nose landing gear touched down at 11:15:30 a.m. and wheel stop was at 11:16:19 a.m. During the mission, Discovery's crew installed the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's large Kibo laboratory and its remote manipulator system leaving a larger space station and one with increased science capabilities.
Date	14 June 2008(2008-06-14)
Source	https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-124/html/sts124-s-049.html
Author	NASA/Bill Ingalls

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The Orbiter Discovery completes her 35th flight, STS-124. She landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She was retired after STS-133 in 2011. She will go to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.

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