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NASA: April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission

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NASA Picture Of The Day - April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission



Thu 04/14/2016 09:52 AM

The rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (then Dryden), California, to successfully complete a stay in space of more than two days. Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, were aboard the vehicle. (More at NASA Picture Of The Day)
 
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