After an extra day in space, the crew of Discovery finally returned to Earth. It was supposed to land at the Kennedy Space Center Florida, but due to unfavorable weather Discovery was made to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Aug 9, 2005. The shuttle and its crew had spent two weeks in space, most of it aboard the International Space Station. It was the first flight of NASA's space-shuttle fleet since February 2003, when the shuttle Columbia came apart while re-entering Earth's atmosphere killing the seven-man crew. NASA officials had delayed Discovery's return for one day because of cloudy weather in Florida, where the shuttle was supposed to land. Discovery had a very busy mission in space, compared to past missions. The space shuttle docked with the International Space Station for nine days, delivering badly needed supplies and repairing damaged parts. The crew spent a lot of time testing new repair techniques on their own shuttle, conducting three different spacewalks (where astronauts exit the space shuttle to do work outside). Mission specialist Stephen Robinson was also forced to make an unprecedented spacewalk to pull out two ceramic strips sticking out from beneath the shuttle which could have caused overheating. Discovery's crew delivered about six tons of food, water, science equipment and spare parts to the ISS - the first shuttle re-supply to the station since December 2002 - and returned about three tons of trash, unneeded or broken equipment and more than 10 Russian-built Kurs navigation systems used aboard Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft to dock at the space station With the shuttle and its crew safely back on firm ground, NASA is hailing this mission, labeled STS-114, as a huge success. The space shuttle has now returned to its home town, Florida, in a very dramatic way. It has been successfully moved to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida riding piggy-back on the modified Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).. Cheers from media and Kennedy Space Center employees erupted when the 747's wheels touched down. Landing on Runway 15, the vehicle came to a stop where it was then towed to the Mate/Demate Device (MDD) at the SLF. After the Discovery is lifted off the 747, the vehicle will be backed-out and the orbiter will be gently lowered to the runway on its landing gear. Later it will be towed by a diesel-powered tractor to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) via a two-mile tow-way strip from the SLF. Once inside the OPF the payload bay doors will be opened and the materials brought back from the International Space Station will be unloaded. After Discovery is inside the processing facility, Mission STS-114 will then be completed. Space Shuttle Discovery is slated for Mission STS-121 in March, 2006.