The space shuttle Columbia, piggyback on its 747 carrier aircraft, is only seconds away from a touchdown at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, completing its 2,400-mile ferry flight from Dryden Flight Research Center in California.
The space shuttle Columbia, piggyback on its 747 carrier aircraft, is only seconds away from a touchdown at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, completing its 2,400-mile ferry flight from Dryden Flight Research Center in California. Columbia, the first of the fleet of space shuttles, launched on its maiden voyage in 1981.
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March 24, 1979