[Hammarlund] Discovery To Land Monday Morning At 4:46 AM EDT

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

>From NASA: 	
Amateur videographers and photographers can capture the event with tips provided
by NASA imagery experts.

Following a successful 13-day mission to the International Space Station,
Discovery is scheduled to land at 4:46 a.m. EDT, Monday back at its launch site,
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Discovery's track takes it across the southern Pacific Ocean, Central America,
Cuba and Florida's southwest coast en route to KSC.

As it begins interacting with the Earth's atmosphere, Discovery's speed creates
a plasma shield of super-heated air, which stretches almost from horizon to
horizon.

While NASA is not soliciting video from the public, the tips provide guidance
for amateur astronomers to track Discovery's return home. The tips are available
on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/crew/photo_tips.html

For the latest information about Discovery's mission on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight
	
	
You have reached up as high as man can reach, perhaps touched the face of God,
Discovery, and now I pray He holds you in His hands and sets you safe back on
this Earth from whence you left, that soon to Moon and Mars and one year Stars
you will fly again.    	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF