NASA Photo ID: STS047(S)117        File Name: 10064992.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 09/20/92
  Title: STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, landing sequence at KSC SLF
  Description:
  STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, with nose landing gear (NLG)
  and  main landing gear (MLG) deployed, glides to a landing above runway 33
  at the  Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). This
  aft view  of OV-105's approach shows the three space shuttle main engines
  (SSMEs), the  deployed rudder/speedbrake system on the vertical tail, and
  wing tip  vortices.  Landing occurred at 8:53 am (Eastern Daylight Time
  (EDT)).                
  Subject terms:
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  FLAPS (CONTROL SURFACES)                
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LANDING GEAR                            
  RUNWAYS                                 
  SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE               
  SPACECRAFT LANDING                      
  STS-47                                  
  TAIL ASSEMBLIES                         
  WING TIP VORTICES
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