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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery approaches Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the 13-day, 5.3-million mile journey on the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 3:13:17 p.m. EDT. Nose gear touchdown was at 3:13:40 p.m. and wheels stop was at 3:14:45 p.m. Discovery delivered the final pair of large power-generating solar array wings and the S6 truss segment. The mission was the 28th flight to the station, the 36th flight of Discovery and the 125th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 70th landing at Kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Kevin O'Connell KSC-2009-2374
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour stirs up dust as its wheels touch down on KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 to complete the 11-day, 5-hour, 38-minute-long STS-99 mission. At the controls are Commander Kevin Kregel and Pilot Dominic Gorie. Also onboard the orbiter are Mission Specialists Janet Kavandi, Janice Voss, Mamoru Mohri of Japan and Gerhard Thiele of Germany. Mohri is with the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and Thiele is with the European Space Agency. The crew is returning from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission after mapping more than 47 million square miles of the Earth's surface. Main gear touchdown was at 6:22:23 p.m. EST Feb. 22 , landing on orbit 181 of the mission. Nose gear touchdown was at 6:22:35 p.m.. EST, and wheel stop at 6:23:25 p.m. EST. This was the 97th flight in the Space Shuttle program and the 14th for Endeavour, also marking the 50th landing at KSC, the 21st consecutive landing at KSC, and the 28th in the last 29 Shuttle flights KSC-00pp0257
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop, taxis on the runway for its ferry flight to California. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. For more information on the shuttles' transition and retirement, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-5437
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The Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise (OV-101), mounted on its NASA 747-123 carrier aircraft, arrives at the airport. The Enterprise will be on public display to celebrate the Air and Space Bicentennial
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STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Summary
Description: TRACKING COVERAGE OF LANDING FROM ORB LANDING GEAR ACTIVATION THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND WHEEL-STOP. CAMERA SHOULD BE STARTED NO LATER THAN APPROX. L-5 SECONDS. ITEM NOT ACTIVATED FOR NIGHT LANDING.
White Balance - set to full daylight
camera set to continuos low (CL)
Item: DL013-EOM - TRACKING SLF SITE B/ KTM J5-1244
Date Taken: 2/24/2011
Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS
STS133 LAUNCH AND LANDING
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Date
25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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