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NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
Image # : 93PC-0577
Date : 4/17/1993

Title

STS-56 Landing

Full Description

A four-million-mile journey draws to a flawless ending as the orbiter Discovery lands at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 33. Main gear touchdown occurred at 7:37:19 a.m. EDT, April 17, 1993. This was the 15th end- of-mission landing at KSC, the 5th for Discovery. Mission STS-56, the second Space Shuttle flight of 1993, lasted nine days, six hours, eight minutes. On board Discovery are a crew of five and the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 (ATLAS 2), flying for the second time.

Keywords

Discovery STS-56 Landing Shuttle Landing Facility SLF

Subject Category

Space Shuttle, Spacecraft Landings,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: KSC
  • Center Number: 93PC-0577
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000749

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Large .jpg 3000 2048 9,903

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