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KSC00pp0601
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A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) soars into the blue sky above Kennedy Space Center. The STA is a modified Grumman American Aviation-built Gulfstream II executive jet that was modified to simulate an orbiter's cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. It is used by Shuttle flight crews to practice landing the orbiter. In flight, the STA duplicates the orbiter's atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC00pp0601. NASA/KSC, 2000-04-20. Public domain. ID: KSC00pp0601.
