From Florida Today:
Navigating a web of clouds and showers, space shuttle Discovery returned home to Kennedy Space Center just after noon Monday atop a 747 jumbo jet, ending a two-day ferry flight from California.
"If it was any greater of a challenge, we wouldn't have landed here," said Charles Justiz, a pilot on the NASA C-9 aircraft that scouted safe routes ahead of the shuttle.
Up to the last minute, more than two hours after departing Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport, La., it was uncertain if Discovery might be diverted to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa or Orlando International Airport to await calmer skies.
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