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SM3A: Discovery Touchdown at Kennedy Space Centre

SM3A: Discovery Touchdown at Kennedy Space Centre


Date: 27 December 1999
Depicts: Space Shuttle Discovery
Copyright: NASA

The orbiter Discovery looks like a blue ghost as it drops from the darkness onto lighted runway 33 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. After traveling more than 3 267 000 miles on a successful eight-day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, the orbiter touches down at 00:00:47 UT 28/12/1999.
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