Discovery’s Last Mission
STS-133 Crew Praises Discovery at Press Briefing
Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:10:54 PM EST
Before space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 crew members departed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their home base at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, they gathered in Kennedy’s TV Auditorium to briefly answer questions from the media.
STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey was first to say, “It was a great day to come back and land in Florida, we’re happy to bring Discovery home.”
When asked how emotional the landing was, Lindsey said, “As hard as it was to leave the flight deck when we were all done — at least for me it was — we were really focused today on bringing it (the shuttle) home safe. We were really working hard the whole mission and didn’t have a whole lot of time to reflect about that.”
“I did notice when I was on the ramp and walking around afterward as the minutes passed I kind of got more and more sad looking at the vehicle and how healthy it is and wonderful it performed, not just on this flight but the other two flights that I flew on, as well as every other flight,” Lindsey continued. “It kind of got sadder for me as the minutes rolled past.”
Mission Specialist Steve Bowen, who replaced Tim Kopra on the mission after a bicycle accident kept him earthbound, said Kopra was with them not only in spirit but in constant contact via the Mission Control Center in Houston……..Read More
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Posted by Jose Reyes
on Mar 10 2011. Filed under Current News, Post To Slider, Science News.
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