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KSC-81PC0425

NASA / KSC · 1981-04-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif. — Orbiter Columbia "flares out" for a landing at Rogers dry lake Runway 23, successfully completing the historic first flight for the Space Shuttle. Astronauts John Young, Commander, and Robert Crippen, Pilot, crewed the spacecraft for the first full test of the Space Transportation System.

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Credit lineKSC-81PC0425. NASA/KSC, 1981-04-14. Public domain. ID: KSC-81PC0425.
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