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STS-51B Landing: Welcome Home, Challenger!
16 March, 2025
Jane Doe
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ACCURACY
Challenger on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base in California after completing her seventh flight. Image: supernovasalmon
The shuttle Challenger glided to a clean touchdown at the Edwards AFB today, wrapping up a week-long mission carrying the second European Spacelab pressurised module, and the first with the Spacelab module in a fully operational configuration.
This was the fourth of fourteen "throwback" missions that will be completed by FlightVector's NASA.
"This throwback will provide ample opportunity to pre-stage International Space Station Missions and ensure minimal breaks in the launch schedule. Several assets on KSC will be returned to their time-respective appearance to meet the year of launch." Said Yukisoru, Secretary at Ro-NASA.
Mission duration was 22 days, covering 14,080,000 km and 352 complete orbits since liftoff on the 22nd of February from pad 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The astronauts removed their pressure suits, gave Challenger a quick runway inspection, and got their photos taken before heading back to crew quarters.
Challenger atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, on its way back to Cape Canaveral for processing and re-flight. Image: supernovasalmon