KSC-95EC-1054 - STS-70 Mission Commander Henricks inspects tire 


  STS-70 Mission Commander Terence "Tom" Henricks inspects the nose
wheel landing gear tires of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery along
with Mission Specialist Mary Ellen Weber after the spaceplane touched
down on KSC's Runway 33 to successfully conclude the nearly nine-day
space flight.  Main gear touchdown was unofficially listed at 8:02
a.m. EDT on July 22, 1995 on the second landing attempt after the
first opportunity was waved off. The orbiter was originally scheduled
to land on the 21st, but fog and low visibility at the Shuttle Landing
Facility led to the one-day extension. This was the 24th landing at
KSC and the 70th Space Shuttle mission. During the space flight, the
five-member crew deployed the NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G
(TDRS-G). The other crew members were Pilot Kevin R. Kregel and
Mission Specialists Nancy Jane Currie and Donald A. Thomas.

                                            

 
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