Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete.
Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete.
NASA's mighty astronaut corps has become a shadow of what it once was. And it's only going to get smaller.

Discovery ended its career as the world's most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece.

Discovery ended its career as the world's most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece.

Space shuttle Discovery aimed for an on-time touchdown Wednesday to wrap up a long flying career.

Just a day away from landing, Discovery's astronauts received the first-ever live wake-up music in the history of the shuttle program Tuesday, a tune written in honor of the world's most traveled spaceship.

On the eve of Discovery's final homecoming, the six shuttle astronauts paid tribute Tuesday to the world's most traveled spaceship, saying it may be some time before there's another vessel that's worthy of the name and capable of venturing farther.
Space shuttle Discovery is on track for a Wednesday landing _ its very last one.