NASA Photo ID: STS057(S)080 File Name: 10073302.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/01/93
Title: STS-57 Endeavour, OV-105, glides above KSC SLF runway 33 prior to landing
Description:
With main landing gear (MLG) and nose landing gear (NLG) deployed,
Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, is captured just before touchdown on
concrete runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle Landing
Facility (SLF). The shuttle trainer aircraft (STA) monitors the STS-57
landing as it flies overhead. Moments after this picture was taken, MLG
touched down at 8:52:16am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). In the
foreground are a waterway, grasses, and runway lights and markers. The
view looks down OV-105's port side.
Subject terms:
APPROACH
ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LANDING GEAR
RUNWAY LIGHTS
RUNWAYS
SPACECRAFT LANDING
STS-57
TRAINING AIRCRAFT
WATERWAYS
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