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KSC-06pp2896
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — Space Shuttle Discovery touches down on an illuminated Runway 15 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility as the sun sets on the shortest day of the year, concluding mission STS-116. Main gear touchdown was at 5:32 p.m. EST. Nose gear touchdown was at 5:32:12 p.m. and wheel stop was at 5:32:52 p.m. At touchdown -- nominally about 2,500 ft. beyond the runway threshold -- the orbiter is traveling at a speed ranging from 213 to 226 mph.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-06pp2896. NASA/KSC, 2006-12-22. Public domain. ID: KSC-06pp2896.
