Science: Space Exploration: She's home! - Scuttle all scuttlebutt of shuttle failure - Discovery's landed! + 'Gravity Wells'

Safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Californnia, at 8:11 a.m. EDT, one minute early., FoxNews Channel, August 9, 2005. Click up Fox for Photo Essay • 14 Days in Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Space Shuttle Discovery touched down safely in California Tuesday after spending two weeks in space, making it the first successful shuttle landing since Columbia broke apart over two-and-a-half years ago.

"Congratulations on a truly spectacular test flight," Mission Control said once Discovery came to a stop. "Welcome home, friends."

"We're happy to be back and we congratulate the whole team for a job well done," replied shuttle Commander Eileen Collins, who manned a picture-perfect landing.

Gravity Wells in outer space, aka 'Black Holes' more numerous than hitherto thawt, by Robert Roy Britt, Space.com via Slashdot.org, August 3, 2005.