STS-29 Discovery Approach at Edwards during Sunrise

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STS-29 Discovery Approach at Edwards during Sunrise
STS-29 Discovery Approach at Edwards during Sunrise

Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-29 mission concludes a sunrise landing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center (now NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center) at Edwards AFB, California, early Saturday morning, March 18, 1989. Touchdown was at 6:35:49 a.m. PST and wheel stop was at 6:36:40 a.m. on runway 22. Controllers chose the concrete runway for the landing in order to make tests of braking and nosewheel steering. The STS-29 mission was very successful, completing the launch a Tracking and Data Relay communications satellite, as well as a range of scientific experiments. Discovery's five-person crew was led by Commander Michael L. Coats, and included pilot John E. Blaha and mission specialists James P. Bagian, Robert C. Springer, and James F. Buchli.

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Image Number: EC89-0064-1
Date: March 18, 1989

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