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discovery approaching the heading

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alignment circle that imaginary cone

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around the landing site that the pilots

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use as a point of reference to align

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straight up

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watching

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kevin ford in control of the stick at

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discovery now going subsonic the

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fleet-leading shuttle announcing its

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arrival at the landing site with a pair

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the late afternoon sunshine gleaming off

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three minutes until

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touchdown rick sterko has taken back the

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stick from kevin ford the vortices off

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the wings very obvious discovery

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continuing its turn around the heading

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alignment circle aligning with runway

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discovery on at the 180

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the slow gentle turn around the heading

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alignment circle commander rick sterko

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will soon align discovery with runway

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discovery on at the 90.

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this view from the uh

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heads-up display camera the same view

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that uh rick sterko and kevin ford are

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seeing now that we're aligned with

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one minute until touchdown

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discovery right on the center line

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moments from now rick sterko will flare

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up discovery's nose

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pilot kevin ford will deploy the landing

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yeah pre-flare maneuver conducted

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landing gear down and locked

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main gear touchdown

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kevin ford now deploying the drag chute

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nose gear touchdown

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discovery rolling out on runway 2-2 at

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edwards air force base california

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wrapping up a 5.7 million mile mission

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to resupply and fortify the

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international space station tim cobra

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houston discovery will

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stop copy we'll stop welcome home

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discovery congratulations on an

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extremely successful mission