The STS-29 Space Shuttle Discovery mission approaches for a landing at NASA's then Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, early Saturday morning, 18 March 1989.
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The STS-29 Space Shuttle Discovery mission approaches for a landing at NASA’s then Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, early Saturday morning, 18 March 1989. Touchdown was at 6:35:49 a.m. PST and wheel stop was at 6:36:40 a.m. on runway 22. Controllers chose the concrete runway for the landing to make tests of braking and nosewheel steering. The STS-29 mission was very successful, completing the launch a Tracking and Data Relay communications satellite, as well as a range of scientific experimentsMarch 18, 1989
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