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KSC-06pd2663
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — After the first practice orbiter landing, STS-116 Pilot William Oefelein heads the shuttle training aircraft (STA) back into the night sky to do it again. The STA is a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate an orbiter's cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the STA duplicates the orbiter's atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway.
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Credit lineKSC-06pd2663. NASA/KSC, 2006-12-05. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pd2663.
