Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) launch

[Gary]

Yep, stunning comms here too. They confirmed they got the go for the deorbit burn

[RichC]

Now about to de-orbit.
Good Luck Crew of Discovery..........

[sjnovis]

Watching from work, I need to find a way to listen to a radio by stealth.

[RichC]

No more comms now sjnovis, its on its way down to land in 70mins

[sjnovis]

Understood Rich, it was meant as a general comment really, being at work I seem to miss a lot, I shouldn't grumble really.

[davedubya]

Yep, stunning comms here too. They confirmed they got the go for the deorbit burn

I was kinda amazed at hearing that too.

[RichC]

Yep no worries mate....
starting de-orbit right now.......just entering over the indian ocean.
Its going to get very hot soon!

[Gary]

Yep, stunning comms here too. They confirmed they got the go for the deorbit burn

I was kinda amazed at hearing that too.

Yep, shame i wasn't recording it

deorbit burn just finished.

1 hour 2 mins till touchdown

[Gary]

Now entering earth's atmosphere. 30 mins from touch down

[Mark Owen]

23 mins until touch down.

Regards.

Mark.

[WAP]

due down at 4.57 on sky and BBC news.

[Gary]

Now over Florida.

Been a great 2 weeks viewing

[sjnovis]

Also on Nasa TV on the web, thats some steady camera work

[Gary]

Down

[davedubya]

Textbook.

[sjnovis]

awsome

[Gary]

Well done Discovery You will be missed

[davedubya]

Sky showed about one minute of footage.

BBC showed the whole landing, but couldn't even be bothered to get someone with some knowledge in to talk about it (instead opting to blither on over the top of NASA's commentator)

[sjnovis]

From the Nasa website.

The shuttle has rolled to a stop, officially concluding the STS-133 mission. After 27 years of service during which it racked up exactly one cumulative year in space and an odometer reading of more than 148 million miles, space shuttle Discovery's distinguished career has flown into history books.

[Gary]

Sky showed about one minute of footage.

BBC showed the whole landing, but couldn't even be bothered to get someone with some knowledge in to talk about it (instead opting to blither on over the top of NASA's commentator)

One of the reason i stuck with spaceflightnow