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Réf : S08819

Thème : Navettes Spatiales - Atterrissages  (358 images)

Titre : KSC photographer George Shelton gets a closeup of orbiter Discovery as it lands

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(08/22/2001) -- KSC photographer George Shelton gets a closeup of orbiter Discovery as it lands on KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15, completing the 11-day, 21-hour, 12-minute STS-105 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 2:22:58 p.m. EDT; wheel stop, at 2:24:06 p.m. EDT. The mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station: swapout of the resident Station crew; delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments; and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery traveled 4.3 million miles on its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. Out of five missions in 2001, the landing was the first to occur in daylight at KSC