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STS-61b Shuttle Atlantis Landing at Edwards

STS-61b Shuttle Atlantis Landing at Edwards
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on the lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert Tuesday, 3 December 1985, concluding the STS 61-B international mission.

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NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on the lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert Tuesday, 3 December 1985 at 1:33:49 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, concluding the STS 61-B international mission. The eight-day mission successfully deployed three communications satellites including the Mexican Morelos B, the Australian Aussat 2, and an RCA Satcom K-2 satellite. In addition, two spacewalks were performed to experiment with construction of structures in space.

Crew: Shaw, O’Connor, Cleave, Spring, Ross, Vela, and Walker.December 3, 1985
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