NASA Photo ID: STS056(S)097        File Name: 10073230.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF
  Description:
  The main landing gear (MLG) of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, touches 
  down on concrete runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle
  Landing  Facility (SLF) to complete the STS-56 mission.  Touchdown occurred
  at 7:37 am  (Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)).  OV-103's starboard side is
  captured in this  profile view. The nose landing gear (NLG) continues to
  glide above the runway  surface before wheel stop.                
  
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LANDING GEAR                            
  RUNWAYS                                 
  SPACECRAFT LANDING                      
  STS-56                                  
  TOUCHDOWN
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