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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #220 on: 12/22/2006 09:49 pm »
Jacques :-)

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #221 on: 12/22/2006 09:50 pm »

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #222 on: 12/22/2006 09:50 pm »
Runway in sight.
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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #223 on: 12/22/2006 09:51 pm »
6,000 ft. All nominal.
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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #224 on: 12/22/2006 09:51 pm »
DEFINITLY heard the double thump here in Houston, no visual, camera ready.

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #225 on: 12/22/2006 09:52 pm »

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #226 on: 12/22/2006 09:52 pm »
Pre flare.

Gear down and on.

Touchdown! :)
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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #227 on: 12/22/2006 09:53 pm »

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #228 on: 12/22/2006 09:54 pm »
That's a nice present for the team to have Discovery home for Christmas.

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #229 on: 12/22/2006 09:54 pm »
Jacques :-)

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #230 on: 12/22/2006 09:55 pm »
Brilliant mission. Well done to all concerned.
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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #231 on: 12/22/2006 09:55 pm »
Congretulations to NASA and the whole crew of the space shuttle discvoery. Merry Christmas!

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #232 on: 12/22/2006 09:56 pm »
Have to admit, I got a bit nervous with the slip of the tongue: "Xenon lights on to greet Columbia, --errr to greet Discovery", followed by the instrumentation failure with the speedbrake actuator....

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #233 on: 12/22/2006 09:56 pm »
Look no sand...

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #234 on: 12/22/2006 09:56 pm »
Ground team given permission to deploy to runway.

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #235 on: 12/22/2006 09:56 pm »
Jacques :-)

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #236 on: 12/22/2006 09:57 pm »
Great mission. Thrilling all the way. This is one that will be remembered for some time.

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #237 on: 12/22/2006 09:57 pm »
Congratulations to the entire NASA team for a spectacular mission!  Thank You to Chris and this website for what really was the most informitive, and up to date mission information I certainly have ever had - you guys do it right!!!  Looking forward to 2007!!!!

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Re: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #238 on: 12/22/2006 09:57 pm »
Tried to watch it come in but it was too far south, got to hear the sonic booms though :)

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RE: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 14 - Landing
« Reply #239 on: 12/22/2006 09:57 pm »
“Discovery is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought”
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