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of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. >> we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. >> absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment of space we cannot replicate here on earth. we are going to still explore and research there but we ...

>> looks like we lost the live pictures there of the final minutes of its landing there. as soon as we have that, we will bring that back to you. >> space shuttle "discovery" now on final approach to the kennedy space center. just more than 30 seconds to go. gear is down and locked. main gear touchdown. the nose of the shuttle being rotated down toward the flight deck. the parachute being deployed. and nose gear touchdown.

Crew can come out. i remember we were working feverishly, working hard, but very excited to be back on the ground. very excited to have had a successful mission. but we'll keep our focus to make sure that we go step by step methodically through the checklist. the quicker you do it, the quicker you can get out of the vehicle. and cool uf and recover and get something to drink and something to eat. and that sort of thing. >> sure. >> they're very focused and methodical right now. >> clay, i want you to stand by as well as john zarrella. i want to give our viewers another opportunity, if they wil...

>> we can't afford anything, and i'm going to start crying. sorry. thanks to generous people in america that have helped us. >> also on capitol hill right now, a house committee dissecting the collapse of lehman brothers and listen to this lineup of people that are going to be testifying there. the treasury secretary and also the fed chairman and then later the former ceo will be testifying. in a prepared statement, the court-appointed examiner's report on the collapse as a distortion. >> main gear touchdown. pilot jim duton now deploying the drag chute. >> that's space shuttle "discovery" ret...