 |  | | | | STS-114: Mission Complete
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08.24.05
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Discovery now rests inside the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 marking the completion of Mission STS-114. The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, will be removed from the payload bay and transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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Discovery is being towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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Discovery is viewed across Banana Creek as the orbiter is towed along the tow-way from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility to the Orbiter Processing Facility. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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Discovery is pushed from the Mate/Demate Device on NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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Discovery finally rests with its wheels on the ground after the orbiter was lowered overnight from the Mate/Demate Device. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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At sunrise, Discovery's wheels are lowered onto the ground at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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In the early morning hours at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, the orbiter Discovery is slowly lowered toward the ground from the the Mate/Demate Device. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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In the early morning hours at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, the orbiter Discovery is suspended within the the Mate/Demate Device after the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, has rolled away from beneath it. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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This is a close-up view of Discovery in place under the Mate/Demate Device at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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The orbiter Discovery is towed into the Mate/demate device in preparation to be separated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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Space Shuttle Discovery, is towed toward the Mate/Demate at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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Space Shuttle Discovery is towed to the Mate/Demate Device (MDD) at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) following touchdown on runway 15 at about 10:00 a.m. EDT. (Image credit: NASA/KSC)
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After a three-stop-hop from coast to coast, Discovery riding atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, gently touches down at Kennedy Space Center to a multitude of cheers from media and Space Center employees. Image credit: NASA/KSC
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The Space Shuttle Discovery hitched a ride on NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the flight from the Dryden Flight Research Center in California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 19, 2005. The cross-country ferry flight to return Discovery to Florida after it's landing in California will take two days, with stops at several intermediate points for refueling. (NASA photo by Lori Losey)
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NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Discovery on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cross-country journey will take two days, with stops at several intermediate points for refueling. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)
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NASA's specially modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, is positioned under the Space Shuttle Discovery to be attached for their ferry flight to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)
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NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery is raised to allow ample clearance for the modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to position underneath for attachment. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)
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Closing the landing gear doors is one of the final servicing steps before lifting the Space Shuttle Discovery and mating it to NASA's 747 can begin. (NASA photo by Tony Landis)
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Technicians attach the tail cone, which helps reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence during its ferry flight, to the Space Shuttle Discovery. After the tail-cone is installed, Discovery will be mounted on NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, for the return flight. The tail cone is a fitting that helps reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence during its ferry flight. (NASA photo by Carla Thomas)
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Workers position the tail cone on the Space Shuttle Discovery in preparation for its return to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA photo by Tom Tschida)
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The sun sets on the Space Shuttle Discovery during post-flight processing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), following its landing at NASA DFRC in California. (NASA photo by Tom Tschida)
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Lightning strikes in the distance as the Space Shuttle Discovery receives post-flight processing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), following its landing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California. The gantry-like MDD structure is used for servicing the shuttle orbiters in preparation for their ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; including mounting the shuttle atop NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (NASA photo by Tom Tschida )
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