Landing the Space Shuttle – A Flying Machine and the Thrill of a Lifetime

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You’re go for nominal aimpoint and nominal drag chute deploy. We’re predicting touchdown 2,600 feet (from the threshold) at 195 knots. ” I responded, “Houston, Atlantis copies, on energy. ” We were in our dead-stick descent through 50,000 feet. The aimpoint and drag landing procedures required.

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