| NASA Center: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Image # : |
98PC-0567 |
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| Date : |
5/3/1998
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Title
STS-90 Landing
Full Description
A flock of birds takes flight as the orbiter Columbia, with its drag chute
deployed, touches down on Runway 22 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to
complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59
p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped
at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50
minutes and 58 seconds.
The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the Space Center and the
43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the
mission,
the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human
nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission included Commander
Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan,
D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Sapce Agency, and
Kathryn
(Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D.
Keywords
Columbia STS-90 Landing Shuttle Landing Facility SLF
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, Spacecraft Landings,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
KSC
- Center Number:
98PC-0567
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000823
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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72 |
5 |
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640 |
512 |
136 |
Medium |
.jpg |
1500 |
1200 |
571 |
Large |
.jpg |
3000 |
2400 |
1,870 |
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