Just fifteen minutes before the space shuttle Discovery was to re-enter the atmosphere of Earth, NASA called off the landing of the shuttle, due to unfriendly weather and strong winds, but ultimately, the space shuttle Discovery did land safely, beating the weather, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Saturday.

The space shuttle Discovery landed at 3:14 p. m. EDT at KSC on Saturday, after successfully accomplishing its 13-day mission and three space walks at the International Space Station.

NASA spokeswoman Lynnette Madison reported that the space shuttle Discovery was previously scheduled to land at 1:39 p. m. on Saturday, but the landing was postponed because hostile weather and strong winds. The shuttle took one more orbit around the Earth, but finally landed successfully and safely at 3:14 p. m. EDT at KSC.

"Welcome home, Discovery, after a great mission to bring the International Space Station to full power," George Zamka, an astronaut aired from mission control in Houston, after the space shuttle Discovery made the safe landing.

Sandra H. Magnus, a flight engineer at the ISS, returned to Earth on Discovery. Dr. Magnus flew back to Earth in place of the Japanese astronaut, Koichi Wakata, who has been left at the ISS.

According to NASA, its Discovery was a "very successful" mission". Madison said, "It was very much a successful mission. We're ready for a six-person crew [on the space station] now. We have our solar arrays up. It was all very successful."