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1721 GMT (12:21 p.m. EST)
Now 40 minutes to touchdown. Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility was built in 1975. The concrete strip is 300 feet wide and 15,000 feet long with 1,000-foot overruns at each end. The runway is located about three miles northwest of the 525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building.
Discovery is targeting Runway 33, which is the southeast to northwest approach. The shuttle will make a 195-degree overhead turn to align with the runway.
This will be the first daytime landing on Runway 33 since 2002.
Alt.: 285,000 ft.
Speed: 17,000 mph
Over northern Pacific Ocean now.