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Discovery touched down on Runway 15 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, completing the 13-day, 5.3-million mile journey on the STS-119 mission.

Discovery delivered the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. The mission was the 28th flight to the station, the 36th flight of Discovery and the 125th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 70th landing at Kennedy.

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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