Discovery home from space station

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth and capped a successful expansion job at the International Space Station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab.

The shuttle descended through a few puffy clouds and landed at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time, under the control of commander Mark Kelly. Two hours later, all the astronauts -- including Garrett Reisman, looking remarkably fresh and fit after 95 days on the ISS -- walked out, shook hands with NASA’s senior managers and admired the ship they had come home in.

The next shuttle flight, planned for October, will be a trip by Atlantis to the Hubble Space Telescope.