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Since 2003 where personal electronic devices may have interfered with the communication, navigation or surveillance systems of a plane in flight. >> if that interference happens at the wrong time, then it can be a threat to the aircraft and safe operation. >> reporter: it is impossible to say conclusively that electronic devices were to blame, but they have been implicated in malfunctions of an autopilot, rudders, a gps and more. the federal aviation administration forbids any electronics during...

After 26 years and 148 million miles on the odometer, "discoverys" next stop will be the smithsonian, live cnn coverage of "discoverys" landing at the end of the hour. western libya is under siege today. this amateur video is said to show thor fierce battle for zahiri despite gadhafis claim that his forces are in control. libyan state television reports a gadhafi general has defected to the rebels. a number of reports indicate a libyan general carried a message from gadhafi to egypted military...

King is irish american. in the 1980s, he was an active supporter of gerriy adams and te irish republican army. the i.r.a. was responsible for hundred of civilian deaths and effectively were terrorist attacks. >> during the 1980s i knew what gerry adams and martin ma guinness were attempting to do. a real opening if the united states would take advantage of it. bill clinton did that. >> reporter: he insists thes i.. wachlts a a legitimate force that had to be dealt with. he knows his views are st...

The end of an era for "discovery." what does that mean to you? >> well, its a bittersweet moment. i spent 17 days of any life on board "discovery," and you know its a wonderful experience. shes been a workhorse of the fleet. the folks that have put her together and gotten her ready have just done an outstanding job. its just a testament to the team of people and wonderful folks that work on the space program that shes been able to do 39 missions and 1.5 million miles and 365 day in space. just a...

Feeling? >> well, theyre probably getting ready to feel the tug of earths gravity once again, which is an interesting feeling when youve come back from a couple weeks in space. but theyre not really i dont think thinking right now about "discovery." theyre thinking about the jobs that they have to do to execute the rest of the mission safely. >> and you said the tug of gravity. what does that feel like? >> depending on how you adapt and how long youve been there, it can be anything from just a m...

And the end of a historic journey. to the ship that has led the journey time and time again, we say farewell "discovery." >> clay, weve just seen the final landing. lets take a listen. >> "discovery" houston, pinto, great job by you and your crew. that was a great landing in tough conditions. you were able to take "discovery" up to a full 365

They take over just before landing, so theyre going to be very focused. theyve done this many, many times. steve lindsay in orbit as well as in the shuttle training aircraft. so, i think its going to be just executing what theyve been trained to do. >> and specifically in that execution, what are they going to be maneuvering? what are they actually going to be doing in those -- were looking at the countdown clock, 20 minutes or so, before we actually see them land. >> well, at this point, theyre...

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Motion sickness. you have to be careful and move steadily and slowly to keep your wits about you. >> clay, were told two minutes to landing there. can you gives us a sense of whats the most critical aspect of this to have a successful landing. >> steves going to guide the orbiter by flying it through the stick but eric bow has to bring down the landing gear for steve. we assume that the landing gear will koom down normally, but the crew is ready to follow the steps that they would need to do to ...