<p>Commander Mark Kelly, USMMA class of 1986, landed the Space Shuttle Discovery on Monday, July 17 at Kennedy Space Center at 9:14 a.m. EDT after a 13-day, five million-mile mission. The Discovery crew succeeded in testing shuttle safety improvements, repairing a rail car on the International Space Station and producing never-before-seen, high-resolution images of the shuttle.</p>
<p>President George W. Bush congratulated the astronauts on a successful mission and thanked them for their work to further America’s Vision for Space Exploration. The vision calls for NASA to return humans to the moon, and then venture to Mars and beyond.</p>
<p>With Discovery and its crew safely home, the stage is set for the resumption of International Space Station assembly, with the next launch planned for Space Shuttle Atlantis in late August or early September.</p>
<p>For a great video of the landing and touchdown go here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html[/url]”>http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html</a></p>
<p>For great landing and crew photos and President Bushs complete remarks click here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html[/url]”>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html</a></p>
<p>Prayers answered.</p>