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STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB, Calif
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STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB, Calif

NASA / JSC · 1992-05-16 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS049-S-268 (16 May 1992) --- A three-quarter forward view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour making its first landing, following a successful nine-day mission in Earth orbit. The drogue chute precedes the main chute in NASA's first exercise of its detailed test objective (DTO-521) on the drag chute system. Main gear touchdown occurred at 1:57:38 p.m. (PDT), May 16, 1992.

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Credit lineSTS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB, Calif. NASA/JSC, 1992-05-16. Public domain. ID: s49-s-268.

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