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STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, glides towards a landing on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif
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STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, glides towards a landing on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif

NASA / JSC · 1991-06-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS040-S-174 (14 June 1991) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia is only moments away from touchdown on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The landing completes a successful nine-day Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission, the first ever devoted exclusively to life sciences research. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts Bryan D. O'Connor, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Rhea Seddon, James P. Bagian and Tamara E. Jernigan; and payload specialists F. Drew Gaffney and Millie Hughes-Fulford.

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Credit lineSTS-40 Columbia, OV-102, glides towards a landing on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif. NASA/JSC, 1991-06-14. Public domain. ID: s40-s-174.
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