Discovery due for landing after ISS mission - Update

Washington - The space shuttle Discovery is slated to land Monday at Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Florida, completing a mission that saw three spacewalks at the International Space Station (ISS).

The US space agency NASA expects the orbiter to land at 10:27 am (1427 GMT), after bad weather pushed back the originally scheduled 8:48 am landing time.

Discovery undocked Saturday from the ISS after installing a new ammonia tank and delivering experiments and other gear.

Last week, NASA extended Discovery's mission by one day to allow the crew to inspect the shuttle's heat shield while still docked at the ISS. The inspection raised no concerns for safety on reentry.

The US space agency is scheduled to retire the aging space shuttle fleet later this year after three remaining missions.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/319453,discovery-due-for-landing-after-iss-mission--update.html.