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Reel: 🚀✨ A Legendary Touchdown with a Twist of Triumph! ✨🚀 September 11, 2009 — a day when the California desert witnessed pure magic from the stars! 🌌 The Space Shuttle Discovery glided home at Edwards Air Force Base, wrapping up NASA’s STS-128 mission in true superstar style. 🌎 After nearly two weeks of adventure in orbit, this landing wasn’t just perfect — it was poetic. Discovery carried with her the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, stuffed with over seven tons of precious cargo

Thirty years ago today, the space shuttle Discovery fired off launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a crew of seven to begin the STS-42 mission, an eight-day flight with a Spacelab module focused on microgravity research. | Spaceflight Now