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Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches down at Edwards Air Force Base
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Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches down at Edwards Air Force Base

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

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S81-30744 (14 April 1981) --- The rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia are about to touch down on Rogers Lake (a dry bed) at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California to successfully complete a stay in space of more than two days. Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, are aboard the vehicle.

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Credit lineSpace Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches down at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA/JSC, 1981-04-14. Public domain. ID: S81-30744.
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