NASA Photo ID: STS61B(S)069        File Name: 10062579.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 12/03/85
  Title: Landing of the Shuttle Atlantis and the end of STS 61-B mission
  Description:
  Landing of the Shuttle Atlantis and the end of STS 61-B mission. Photos 
  include aft view of the shuttle touching down on the runway at Edwards Air 
  Force Base, California. The main landing gear has touched down but the nose 
  gear is still in the air (068); Side view of the Atlantis as it touches
  down  at Edwards AFB (069); Front view of the Atlantis as it lands at
  Edwards AFB.  The angle of the photo makes it look as if the orbiter were
  rolling towards a  mound of dry vegetation (070).               
  
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