Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew have landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Shuttle managers decided conditions in Florida were good enough to bring the shuttle home at 1732 (2232 GMT), after days of uncertainty about the weather.

The shuttle has been on a 13-day mission to rewire the International Space Station (ISS).

Its safe return concludes Nasa's third shuttle flight of the year. Five more flights are planned for 2007.

The shuttle gave off twin sonic booms as it descended towards the floodlit runway.

"You've got seven thrilled people right here," Discovery commander Mark Polansky told Mission Control after touching down.

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