Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Discovery returns

"Discovery Home for the Holidays." CNN. 22 Dec. 2006. 3 Jan. 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/22/space.shuttle/index.html.

This artifact is about the successful return of the discovery space shuttle. The Discovery landed at 5:32pm eastern time at Kennedy space center on the 22nd of December. This was the first night launch of a space shuttle since the Columbia disaster.

"During the mission, Discovery docked with the space station, and its crew continued construction of the outpost during the first of four spacewalks. The other two spacewalks rewired the station's power system for a permanent setup. The fourth spacewalk was added to allow Discovery crew members to retract the solar arrays."

The mission went without any major problems. To make sure there were no issues with the shuttle cameras where installed and radar was used during the launch. They where used to make sure that the disaster of Columbia tragedy were not repeated. The launch went without any problems, and the astronauts returned in time for the holidays.

This is a successful launch and return for a space shuttle. Which will help boast people confidence in the space shuttle. The new radar and camera system worked to prevent any failures. I believe that the space shuttle will continue to provide our space exploration needs until the CEV will replace it.

Questions:
1. With a successful return will NASA continue to use the space shuttle regularly?
2. Where there any small issues?

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