NASA Photo ID: STS040(S)174        File Name: 10064372.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 06/14/91
  Title: STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, glides towards a landing on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif
  Description:
  STS-40 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, glides towards a landing on 
  concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California.  With nose 
  landing gear (NLG) and main landing gear (MLG) deployed, OV-102 descends
  over  the California scrub brush on its approach to the runway.  Landing
  occurred  at 8:39:11 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)) after a nine-day
  Spacelab Life  Sciences 1 (SLS-1) mission.                
  
  Subject terms:
  CALIFORNIA                              
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  LANDING GEAR                            
  SPACECRAFT LANDING                      
  STS-40                                  
  

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