Space shuttle Discovery headed home

Space shuttle Discovery headed home

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Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station on Monday after an 11-day stay during which astronauts made a risky repair to a solar panel and delivered a new module to the outpost.

Discovery, with pilot George Zamka at the helm, gently pulled away from the station 218 miles above the Pacific Ocean to begin a two-day journey back to Earth

The shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 23 and is scheduled to land there at 1:02 p.m. EST on Wed.

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Three page article goes on to mention, the Euro space lab is five years behind schedule -- it's set to launch in Dec, and the Japanese portion of the lab, set to go in Jan., status unsure at this point w/ the power issues from the solar panel damage.

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