 | Kennedy Space Center employees clap as Space Shuttle Discovery touches down at Edwards Airforce Base, CA. Tuesday Aug. 9, 2005. Space Shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven were in space for 14 days on a mission that included docking with the International Space Station. click to open  |
 | Space shuttle Discovery makes a night time landing as it is illuminated by spotlights on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California August 9, 2005. Discovery and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Tuesday, bringing a successful end to NASA's troubled return to human spaceflight 2 1/2 years after the destruction of sister ship Columbia. click to open |
 | NASA employees applaud the safe landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery in the public affairs office at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Discovery roared safely back to Earth in California in a dramatic climax to the first shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster in 2003. click to open |
 | Space shuttle Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California July 9, 2005. Discovery and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Tuesday, bringing a successful end to NASA's troubled return to human spaceflight 2 1/2 years after the destruction of sister ship Columbia. click to open |
 | Space shuttle Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California July 9, 2005. Discovery and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Tuesday, bringing a successful end to NASA's troubled return to human spaceflight 2 1/2 years after the destruction of sister ship Columbia. click to open |
 | This NASA video image shows technicians checking the US space shuttle Discovery upon landing on runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California on Aug 9th 2005. click to open |
 | This NASA video image shows the US space shuttle Discovery touching down on runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California after 13 days in space that included several days of docked operations with the International space station Aug 9th 2005 click to open |
 | Spacewalker Steve Robinson (back 2nd R) shows the tools he plans to use to remove the piece of gap filler from Discovery during his scheduled spacewalk during a crew news conference in the Destiny module of the International Space Station August 2, 2005. Also participating in the joint crew conference are (front row L-R) Andy Thomas of Australia, Discovery Commander Eileen Collins, ISS Commander Sergei Krikalev, ISS specialist John Phillips and (back row L-R) Soichi Noguchi of Japan, Pilot James Kelly, Charlie Camarda, Robinson, and Wendy Lawrence. click to open |
 | In this photo provided by NASA, Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, left, and Commander Eileen Collins share a moment in space shuttle Discovery's middeck, which is crowded with spacewalking gear and supplies, Saturday July 30, 2005. click to open |
 | Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi installs the new gyroscope while attached to the end of the International space station's robot arm in this view from television Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. click to open |
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