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  2. File:Space Shuttle Enterprise landing.ogv - Wikipedia

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    This video is an edited approach and landing of the Enterprise on Rogers Dry Lake. The air-to-air shot of the Space Shuttle at a few thousand feet above the lakebed, gives some idea of the steepness required for a Shuttle approach; also note the long pitot tube (an appendage used only for flight testing) extending from the Space Shuttle nose. 1977.

  3. List of Space Shuttle landing sites - Wikipedia

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    Edwards Air Force Base in California was the site of the first Space Shuttle landing, and became a back-up site to the prime landing location, the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Several runways are arrayed on the dry lakebed at Rogers Dry Lake, [6] and there are also concrete runways. Space shuttle landings on the lake ...

  4. The Dream Is Alive - Wikipedia

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    Footage is also shown of Discovery's landing and transport from its landing site at Edwards Air Force Base to Kennedy Space Center on the back of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. STS-41-G : The sixth flight of Challenger , notable as the largest crew aboard the Shuttle at that time, the first time two women flew together on the Shuttle, and the ...

  5. STS-94 - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle Columbia: Landing mass: ... STS-94 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle ... to provide multi-channel real-time analog science video. ...

  6. STS-61-C - Wikipedia

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    The mission lasted a total of 6 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 51 seconds. STS-61-C was the last successful Space Shuttle flight before the Challenger disaster, which occurred on January 28, 1986, only 10 days after Columbia ' s return. Accordingly, commander Gibson later called the STS-61-C mission "The End of Innocence" for the Shuttle Program ...

  7. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The primary Space Shuttle landing site was the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC, where 78 of the 133 successful landings occurred. In the event of unfavorable landing conditions, the Shuttle could delay its landing or land at an alternate location.

  8. Shuttle Landing Facility - Wikipedia

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    The Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), also known as Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) [1] (IATA: QQS, ICAO: KTTS, FAA LID: TTS), is an airport located on Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is a part of the Kennedy Space Center and was used by Space Shuttle for landing until July 2011.

  9. STS-76 - Wikipedia

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    STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 08:13:04 UTC from Kennedy Space Center , launch pad 39B . STS-76 lasted over 9 days, traveled about 6,100,000 km (3,800,000 mi) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and landing at 13:28:57 UTC on 31 March 1996 at Edwards ...