NASA Photo ID: STS057(S)082        File Name: 10073305.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/01/93
  Title: STS-57 Endeavour, OV-105, with drag chute deployed lands on KSC SLF runway 33
  Description:
  With the drag chute at full inflation, Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, 
  continues its rollout along concrete runway 33 during its landing sequence
  at  the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). Main landing
  gear  (MLG) and nose landing gear (NLG) ride along the runway toward wheel
  stop.   MLG touchdown occurred at 8:52:16 am (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT))
  ending  STS-57's ten days in Earth orbit. The view shows the length of
  OV-105's  starboard side and the deployed drag chute.  The
  rudder/speedbrake is  deployed on the vertical stabilizer (tail).  Drag
  chute deployment was part  of Development Test Objective (DTO) 521, Orbiter
  Drag Chute System.             
  Subject terms:
  DRAG CHUTES                             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LANDING GEAR                            
  RUNWAYS                                 
  SPACECRAFT LANDING                      
  STS-57                                  
  

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