Discovery Makes Final Landing in Florida

After completing 39 missions and traveling more than 148 million miles over the span of 27 years, NASA’s most used space shuttle Discovery landed for the last time Wednesday. NASA is retiring Discovery and sending the shuttle to a museum.

Discovery took off for its final trip to space on February 24. The shuttle delivered supplies to the International Space Station before returning to Earth today. Commander Steve Lindsey landed Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:57 a.m. ET.

NASA will retire their other two shuttles – Atlantis and Endeavour – later this year. Endeavour’s final flight is scheduled for April. Atlantis’ last flight in June will mark NASA’s final shuttle launch. After Atlantis is retired, American astronauts will go to space in Russian shuttles.

For now, 21 museums across the United States are hoping to nab Discovery. NASA’s decision on where Discovery will go is set to be announced on April 12.

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