Mark, Daisy and I waited for the space shuttle Discovery to fly over Topeka about 15 minutes ago.
We waited near Burnett’s Mound (site of the 1966 Tornado). It was cold and too damn bright to see shuttle hurling towards Earth. However, we heard two sonic booms pass over us. The pass over didn’t rattle doors like the one over Covina. However, we thought it was damn neat to hear the double boom.
And a few minutes ago…
We turned on CNN and watched Discovery make successful touchdown in Florida.
NASA – NASA’s Landing Blog – Mission STS-120
[from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/]
Welcome home Discovery and crew!