NASA Photo ID: STS056(S)100        File Name: 10073231.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 Discovery, OV-103, with drag chute deployed lands on KSC SLF runway 33
  Description:
  STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is slowed by the deployed drag 
  chute during its landing sequence on concrete runway 33 at the Kennedy
  Space  Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF).  This aft view of
  OV-103's  landing shows the drag chute ejected from its compartment at the
  base of  the vertical tail, the deployed rudder/speedbrake system, and the
  three  space shuttle main engines (SSMEs). A small dust cloud rises as the
  main  landing gear (MLG) and nose landing gear (NLG) roll along the runway
  to wheel  stop.  Touchdown occurred at 7:37 am (Eastern Daylight Time
  (EDT)).  Use of  the drag chute was part of Development Test Objective
  (DTO) 521, Orbiter drag  chute system.            
  
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  DRAG CHUTES                             
  FLORIDA                                 
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER                    
  LANDING GEAR                            
  RUNWAYS                                 
  SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE               
  SPACECRAFT LANDING                      
  STS-56                                  
  TAIL ASSEMBLIES                         
  

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