of hear the discovery space shuttle sonic boom

With its signature sonic boom, shuttle lands at Edwards: A sonic boom shook Los Angeles as the NASA Discovery Space Shuttle touches down at Edwards Air Force Base after 14 days in space, completing its mission to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. Listen to the sonic boom recorded in the video below.


Click on image to hear the sonic boom

The space shuttle Discovery landed this afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base, complete with its signature sonic boom heard across Southern California.

The shuttle glided down over Los Angeles and landed on the runway without incident.

Unstable weather on the East Coast forced Discovery to land at Edwards instead of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The so-called de-orbit burn began shortly before 5 p.m., with landing about 5:50 p.m.

“The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Discovery enough to begin its descent,” according to information published by NASA.

The landing completes a trip to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The mission lasted 14 days and covered 5.7 million miles.

photo via Xinhua.

Watch the touchdown video here.

[via The Composed Gentleman]