After a 2-week, 5.8 million mile journey in space, the orbiter Discovery and its crew returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission duration was 333 hours, 32 minutes, 48 seconds.
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Andrew S. W. Thomas, Ph.D.: STS-114 Discovery (July 26-August 9, 2005) was the Return to Flight mission following the Columbia accident during which the crew continued the assembly of the International Space Station. Dr. Thomas tested and evaluated new procedures for flight safety and inspection and repair techniques for the Shuttle’s thermal protection system. After a 2-week, 5.8 million mile journey in space, the orbiter Discovery and its crew returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission duration was 333 hours, 32 minutes, 48 seconds.
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