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The space shuttle Discovery touched down at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 8:53 pm ET Friday on a picture perfect afternoon in the Mojave Desert. This is the 54th shuttle landing at Edwards.

This completes STS-128's 14 day, 5.7 million mile, mission to the ISS. This mission included 3 space walks and the delivery and installation of science equipment racks, experiments and the COLBERT Treadmill named in a NASA contest after comedian Stephen Colbert.

Mission elapsed time: 13 day 20 hrs 54 min 55 sec
219 Earth orbits.

A complete mission wrap up to follow!

FOXBOROUGH, MA: Foxboro Cable Access Executive Director, Michael Webber, announced today that the community access group has purchased the commercial building at 26-28 Central Street in the center of town. “After a long and exhaustive search of local commercial and town properties,” Webber said, “ this building had the most desirable location, with handicapped accessibility , parking, and community visibility … along with right combination of space and versatility that will allow FCA to grow and continue to meets the needs of the town well into the future.” In a communication to members of the FCA Board of Directors, Chairman Paul Beck wrote, “It is with great joy that I share with you that this evening I scrawled my signature on many documents, all in our Corporate names, which bring to a final closure, a long struggle and ordeal in which we have all shared, and which will herald a new and bright beginning for FCA … These are proud moments for us as a Board.”

On April 20, 2007, FCA received official notice from Comcast that the studio space which they have occupied for 15 years would no longer be available for their use. Over the past three years thrity-five locations were identified and evaluated, including Foxborough High School, Chestnut Green and the VFW Building. Most commercial options were ruled out for financial reasons, technical accessibility to the cable INET (Institutional Network) or the general lack of ceiling height that is required to accommodate studio lighting. The FCA Board of Directors determined that sharing space in a public building presented other legal concerns, and potential limitations of access for volunteers and community members.

After a week of delays, at 11:59 pm Friday night, Discovery lit up the night sky as it soared into space to rendezvous with the ISS.

On this 13 day resupply mission to the ISS, Discovery takes its crew of seven and a payload consisting of the Leonardo supply module, a refrigerator size rack of equipment, science experiments and the COLBERT treadmill, named in a NASA contest after comedian Stephen Colbert.

This is the 25th birthday of the space shuttle program's first mission in August of 1984.

More information on the STS-128's mission to the ISS coming this weekend.

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Foxboro Cable Access is pleased to announce that Shaun Rull is the recipient of its 2009 Scholarship Award. Shaun is entering his senior year at Boston College where he has been on the Dean’s List since 2007. As a Marketing and Communications major, Shaun has arranged his schedule to allow for internship opportunities to gain more direct, first hand experience. In his application essay, Shaun wrote “Though I am still uncertain of my long term career aspirations, I know my love for communications and economics will likely lead me to pursue a communications career that combines both disciplines. Given today’s global economy, I forsee a career in private business which has global interactions and relationships.” He is a member of Foxborough High School Class of 2006.

Just the Facts:

 Landed: Friday, July 31, 2009, 10:48 a.m. EDT
 Landing Site:  Kennedy Space Center, Florida

 Mission Elapsed Time:
 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes, 58 seconds

 Official Landing Times
 Main gear touchdown:
10:48:08 a.m. EDT
 Nose gear touchdown:
10:48:21 a.m. EDT
 Wheels stop:
10:49:13 a.m. EDT
 Total miles:
more than 6.5 million 

Lift Off Endeavour!!