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NASA/EDWARDS AFB, CALIF. --
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NASA/EDWARDS AFB, CALIF. -- After landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the STS-100 crew poses for a photograph in front of orbiter Endeavour, which successfully launched them to the International Space Station and returned them to Earth. They are (left to right) Mission Specialists John Phillips, Umberto Guidoni and Chris Hadfield, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, Commander Kent Rominger, and Mission Specialists Yuri Lonchakov and Scott Parazynski. Guidoni is with the European Space Agency, Hadfield with the Canadian Space Agency and Lonchakov with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. The orbiter and crew logged about 4.9 million statute miles in 186 orbits. Due to unfavorable weather conditions, landing at KSC was waved off. The landing marked the third consecutive landing at EAFB. |
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05/01/2001 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut Kent Rominger exits the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) after flying weather reconnaissance for the landing of Endeavour, returning from mission STS-111. Low cloud cover and other unfavorable weather conditions resulted in the third day of wave off on two landing opportunities. Endeavour successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., completing 217 orbits and a 5.8-million-mile journey |
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06/19/2002 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut Kent Rominger sits in the cockpit of a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) after flying weather reconnaissance for the landing of Endeavour, returning from mission STS-111. Low cloud cover and other unfavorable weather conditions resulted in the third day of wave off on two landing opportunities. Endeavour successfully landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., completing 217 orbits and a 5.8-million-mile journey |
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06/19/2002 |
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