Discovery bids adieu to ISS, to land on Friday |
Our Web Bureau / Mumbai December 20, 2006 |
Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 1710 hrs (EST) Tuesday, ending an eight-day stay. Then, Pilot Bill Oefelein guided the shuttle through a partial fly-around of the space station before firing shuttle jets to begin the final separation from the station and the trip back home, according to a report on the NASA website. The STS-116 crew bid farewell to the International Space Station |