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STS-32 Return to KSC

The Space Shuttle Columbia, returning to KSC after the successful STS-32 mission, is poised atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as the duo fly by the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center January 26, 1990. Columbia, carrying the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) in its payload bay, was completing a two-day ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility occurred a few moments later at 3:30 p.m.

 

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Date: January 26, 1990

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Taken on January 26, 1990