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Paolo NespoliPamela MelroyGeorge ZamkaScott ParazynskiDouglas WheelockStephanie WilsonClayton AndersonExpedition 16
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Discovery landing
Discovery's return marks completion of Esperia Mission
 
7 November 2007   Space Shuttle Discovery landed in Cape Canaveral, Florida this evening at 19:01 CET (18:01 UT), completing one of the most complex assembly missions to the International Space Station to date, bringing back seven crew members, including ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
Shuttle docked to ISS seen from the ground
See the ISS and Discovery in the morning sky over Europe
 
6 November 2007   Early tomorrow morning there is a rare opportunity to see the Space Station flying in formation with Space Shuttle Discovery, homeward bound and due to land in Florida tomorrow evening.
STS-120 and Expedition 16 crew inside Harmony
Shuttle prepares to undock
 
5 November 2007   After saying their farewells to the ISS crew yesterday evening, the STS-120 crew is preparing to undock from the International Space Station at 11:32 CET (10:32 UT) this morning. Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to touchdown in Florida at 19:02 CET (18:02 UT) on Wednesday.
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1 November 2007   Fourth spacewalk to repair solar array
1 November 2007   Second radio link-up between Nespoli and Italian students
31 October 2007   Paolo Nespoli talks with the Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano
30 October 2007   Nespoli talks with Italian students via amateur radio
30 October 2007   Esperia Mission is extended by one day


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