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Images by Richard H. Truly of California and Edwards Air Force Base
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STS-30 crew poses with NASA
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STS-30 crew poses with NASA administrators in front of OV-104 on EAFB runway |
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STS-30 crewmembers pose with NASA administrators in front of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. From left to right are Acting NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, Commander David M. Walker, Mission Specialist (MS) Mark C. Lee, MS Mary L. Cleave, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, MS Norman E. Thagard, and NASA Deputy Administrator Dale D. Myers. Crewmembers have just egressed OV-104 via a mobile stairway after the successful landing at 12:44:33 pm (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)). |
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05.08.1989 |
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STS-26 crew is greeted by VP
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STS-26 crew is greeted by VP Bush and NASA Officials Truly and Fletcher |
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STS-26 crewmembers are greeted by (left to right) Vice President George H.W. Bush, Associate Administrator for the NASA Office of Space Flight Richard H. Truly, and NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher as they egress Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, via mobile stairway and hit terra firma on dry lakebed runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Commander Frederick H. Hauck receives a handshake and pat on the back from Truly as Fletcher applaudes. Other crewmembers (left to right) are Mission Specialist (MS) George D. Nelson, MS David C. Hilmers, MS John M. Lounge, and Pilot Richard O. Covey. In the background, the ground servicing crew takes a break from post flight safing of OV-103 to watch the crew's Official greeting. |
| Date Taken |
1988-10-03 |
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STS-28 crew poses for group
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STS-28 crew poses for group portrait during post landing activities |
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STS-28 crewmembers, with feet firmly back on the ground after a five day Department of Defense (DOD) dedicated mission, pose for group portrait under Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, wing elevons during post landing activities at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. They were greeted and are flanked here by NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir (left), Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD) Director Donald R. Puddy (second right), and NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly. The astronauts, wearing navy blue flight suits (coveralls), are, left to right, Pilot Richard N. Richards, Mission Specialist (MS) David C. Leestma, MS James C. Adamson, Commander Brewster H. Shaw, and MS Mark N. Brown. Ground crews service OV-102 systems in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1989-08-13 |
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STS-28 crew egresses Columbi
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STS-28 crew egresses Columbia, OV-102, at Edwards Air Force Base, California |
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STS-28 crewmembers are greeted by NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir, NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, and Flight Operations Directorate (FCOD) Director Donald R. Puddy as they egress Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. The crew spent five days in Earth orbit for a Department of Defense (DOD) dedicated mission. The astronauts, wearing navy blue flight coveralls (jumpsuits) are, from left to right, Mission Specialist (MS) Mark N. Brown, Pilot Richard N. Richards, MS David C. Leestma, MS James C. Adamson, and Commander Brewster H. Shaw. Visible in the background are OV-102's wing and tail section and ground servicing vehicles. |
| Date Taken |
1989-08-13 |
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STS-28 crew egresses Columbi
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STS-28 crew egresses Columbia, OV-102, at Edwards Air Force Base, California |
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During post landing activity, the five astronaut crewmembers for STS-28 egress Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. The crew spent five days in Earth orbit for a Department of Defense (DOD) dedicated mission. They are greeted by NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir and NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly. The astronauts, wearing navy blue flight coveralls (jumpsuits), are, from bottom of steps to top, Commander Brewster H. Shaw, Mission Specialist (MS) James C. Adamson, MS David C. Leestma, Pilot Richard N. Richards, and MS Mark N. Brown. |
| Date Taken |
1989-08-13 |
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STS-29 Discovery, OV-103, cr
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STS-29 Discovery, OV-103, crew with NASA administrators |
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STS-29 crewmembers pose with NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight Richard H. Truly in front of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. In this post landing portrait, astronauts are wearing orange launch and entry suits (LESs). Left to right are Pilot John E. Blaha, Mission Specialist (MS) James P. Bagian, Truly, Fletcher, Commander Michael L. Coats, MS James F. Buchli, and MS Robert C. Springer. Ground crews service OV-103 in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1989-03-18 |
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STS-30 crew poses with NASA
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STS-30 crew poses with NASA administrators in front of OV-104 on EAFB runway |
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STS-30 crewmembers pose with NASA administrators in front of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. From left to right are Acting NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, Commander David M. Walker, Mission Specialist (MS) Mark C. Lee, MS Mary L. Cleave, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, MS Norman E. Thagard, and NASA Deputy Administrator Dale D. Myers. Crewmembers have just egressed OV-104 via a mobile stairway after the successful landing at 12:44:33 pm (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)). |
| Date Taken |
1989-05-08 |
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STS-30 crew egresses OV-104
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STS-30 crew egresses OV-104 via stairway at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) |
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STS-30 crewmembers egress Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, via mobile stairway at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Crewmembers who spent just over four full days in space are greeted by NASA Deputy Administrator Dale D. Myers and Acting NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly (waving). From bottom of the stairs to the top are Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, Mission Specialist (MS) Norman E. Thagard, MS Mary L. Cleave, and MS Mark C. Lee. Minutes earlier, OV-104 came to a stop at 12:44:33 pm (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)) on EAFB concrete runway 22. |
| Date Taken |
1989-05-08 |
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STS-30 crew poses with NASA
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STS-30 crew poses with NASA administrators in front of OV-104 on EAFB runway |
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STS-30 crewmembers pose with NASA administrators in front of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. From left to right are Acting NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, Commander David M. Walker, Mission Specialist (MS) Mark C. Lee, MS Mary L. Cleave, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, MS Norman E. Thagard, and NASA Deputy Administrator Dale D. Myers. OV-104 is undergoing postlanding servicing following its successful landing at 12:44:33 pm (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)). |
| Date Taken |
1989-05-08 |
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STS-34 crewmembers egress OV
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STS-34 crewmembers egress OV-104 via mobile stairway after EAFB landing |
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STS-34 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), egress Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, via mobile stairway after safely landing on Runway 23 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. The crewmembers are greeted by NASA Acting Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir and NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly. Commander Donald E. Williams, shaking hands with Truly, is followed by Mission Specialist (MS) Franklin R. Chang-Diaz who is greeted by Lenoir, MS Ellen S. Baker, MS Shannon W. Lucid, and Pilot Michael J. McCulley. |
| Date Taken |
1989-10-23 |
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STS-34 crewmembers pose with
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STS-34 crewmembers pose with NASA administrators after EAFB landing |
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STS-34 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), pose in front of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, with NASA and NASA-JSC administrators on Runway 23 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Left to right are JSC Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD) Director Donald R. Puddy, Pilot Michael J. McCulley, Commander Donald E. Williams, Mission Specialist (MS) Ellen S. Baker, MS Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, MS Shannon W. Lucid, NASA Acting Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir, and NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly. |
| Date Taken |
1989-10-23 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
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The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lan
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB |
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The rear wheels of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 raise desert sand on the landing strip at Edwards Air Force Base as the "Enterprise" completes the fourth of five scheduled Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flights. This mission marked the first occasion of the orbiter to fly minus tail cone. The unpowered phase, with Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, controlling the Enterprise, took two-minutes and 34 seconds. One of the T-38 chase planes that remained with the Shuttle craft for the mission's duration is partially visible at right. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
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The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" lands on the desert at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. Two T-38 chase planes remain with the "Enterprise" for the landing. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Astronauts Engle and Truly f
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Astronauts Engle and Truly following egress Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise |
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Astronauts Joe H. Engle (looking down), commander, and Richard H. Truly (face partially obscured by Engle), pilot, are greeted by Rockwell technicians following egress from the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise." They had just completed a five minute, 31-second unpowered free flight in the "Enterprise," the second of a series of such flights, conducted on September 13, 1977, at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) and Edwards Air Force Base. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
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The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 28-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after second ALT |
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The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second unpowered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-13 |
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Astronauts Engle and Truly e
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Astronauts Engle and Truly egress Shuttle Orbiter 101 after fourth ALT |
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Astronauts Joe H. Engle, left, commander and Richard H. Truly, pilot, egress the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" following completion of the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) in Southern California. The landed the craft in the desert at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-minute, 34-second unpowered mission. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars a
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above Edwards Air Force Base |
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Facilities on a part of the huge Edwards Air Force Base in the desertland of Southern California form the backdrop for the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" as it heads for a landing during the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight. Note that the tail cone is removed from the Enterprise for this flight, which featured a two-minute, 34 second unpowered phase after the Orbiter separated from NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft. Crewmen for this flight were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterpr
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Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" parked on runway at Edwards AFB |
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The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following completion of a successful "tail cone off" free flight on October 12, 1977. This was the first Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight without the tail cone but the fourth of five scheduled manned unpowered missions at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC). The two Orbiter 101 crewmen are Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" hea
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Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads for landing at Edwards AFB |
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The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads towards landing at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-minute, 34-second unpowered phase of the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight on October 12, 1977. In preparation for conditions of actual Space Shuttle flights, this mission marked the first one in which the Orbiter went up minus tail cone. Two chase planes are seen following the craft on its approach. Inside the Enterprise were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, flight commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-12 |
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