Columbia_landing_on_Rogers_dry_lake.triddle.jpg


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English: Space Shuttle Columbia landing on Rogers dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California after the completion of STS-1 , the first shuttle mission. Reentry of the shuttle occurs above the speed of sound and causes a sonic boom which can be heard over the entire Antelope Valley.
Dansk: Rumfærgen Columbia lander på Rogers Dry Lake ved Edwards Air Force Base efter STS-1, den første rumfærgemission. Rumfærgen, der gennembryder atmosfæren ved overlydshastigheder, forårsager et overlydsbrag der kan høres i hele Antelope Valley.
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Source Dryden NASA Image and Video Library
Author NASA Johnson Space Center, Photo number: EC81-15104, also S81-30746
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Camera location 34° 55′ 19″ N, 117° 49′ 39″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
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Space Shuttle Columbia landing on Rogers dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California after the completion of STS-1, the first shuttle mission.

14 April 1981

34°55'19"N, 117°49'39"W

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