NASA Photo ID: STS057(S)079 File Name: 10073303.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 07/01/93
Title: STS-57 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, lands on runway 33 at KSC SLF
Description:
The main landing gear (MLG) of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, touches
down on concrete runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle
Landing Facility (SLF) to successfully complete STS-57's ten-day mission in
Earth orbit. Mission duration was nine days, twenty-three hours, forty-four
minutes and fifty-five seconds. MLG touchdown occurred at 8:52:16 am
(Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)). The nose landing gear continues to ride
above the runway surface in this view of OV-105's nose section, crew
compartment, and starboard side.
Subject terms:
ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)
FLORIDA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LANDING GEAR
RUNWAYS
SPACECRAFT LANDING
STS-57
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