Shuttle Discovery STS-133 Final Touchdown

Discovery over Australia and Final Burn. Final landing 09 March 2011. Main gear touchdown at 11:57:18 EST. Nose gear touchdown 11:57:28 EST. On this mission Discovery made 202 orbits around Earth, a journey of 5,304,140 miles. STS-133 was the 39th and final flight for Discovery and in total has spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5,830 times and travelled 148,221,675 miles. Wheels stopped at 11:58:14 EST.

Congratulations Discovery to all your crew and all those who ever sailed in her. To all the engineers and ground crew; Bravo! a job well done. We give thanks to NASA, in recognition to all your hard-work, tenacity and dedication.