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After completion of another United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-73) and her seven member crew return to Earth on a clear November morning. Pictured is Columbia with her landing parachute deployed on final touchdown. Results from the mission's USML-2 will be sent to Marshall Space Flight Center who managed the mission.

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November 5, 1995

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