Lands at Edwards AFB. on Aug. 9, 2005 at 5:11:22am PDT

 
Discovery approaches runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base.

Touchdown at 5:11:22am PDT!

This time lapse photo shows the International Space Station (top center slightly right) passing over the runway 2 minutes before Discovery landed. Also in the photo is the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) flying from lower left to lower center of the photo.
The flashes are its strobe lights going off.

Discovery remained on rwy 22 for several hours.

Discovery sits on rwy 22 with Edwards Control Tower in the background.

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