
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With its drag chute opened, orbiter Columbia is silhouetted against the brilliant xenon lights at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Columbia landed at 4:33:09 a.m. EST with its crew of seven after a successful 11-day mission servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. Main gear touchdown occurred at 4:31:52 a.m. and nose wheel touchdown at 4:32:02. Rollout time was 1 minute, 17 seconds. This was the 58th landing at KSC out of 108 missions in the history of the Shuttle program.
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Date Created
March 12, 2002
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KSC
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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