NASA Photo ID: STS031(S)129        File Name: 10063624.jpg
  Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 04/29/90
  Title: STS-31 crew egresses Discovery, OV-103, via stairway after EAFB landing
  Description:
  NASA's Acting Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir 
  greets the STS-31 crew as they egress Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, 
  via a mobile stairway.  Stepping off the bottom stair onto Edwards Air
  Force  Base (EAFB) concrete runway 22 is Commander Loren J. Shriver.  He is
  followed  by Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, MS Bruce McCandless
  II, MS  Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Pilot Charles F. Bolden.  Ground personnel
  look on  as the crewmembers, wearing their launch and entry suits (LESs),
  exit OV-103. Wheel stop occurred at 6:51:00 am (Pacific Daylight Time
  (PDT)).              
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  CALIFORNIA                              
  CREWS                                   
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE                  
  LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUIT                   
  MANAGEMENT                              
  PERSONNEL                               
  RUNWAYS                                 
  SPACECRAFT LANDING                      
  STAIRWAYS                               
  STS-31                                  
  

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