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Flying along the Indian River toward KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility is the orbiter Columbia as it nears touchdown on
Runway 33 to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. This unique view with Titusville and the Indian River in the
background was taken from the roof of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building.
Main gear touchdown was at
12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing
a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds.
The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th
landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program.
During the mission, the
crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system.
The crew of the STS-90
Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan,D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload
Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D.
Date: July 21, 2011
Photo Credit: NASA /Kim Shiflett