Suggested Searches

The space shuttle columbia is dimly seen from the front coming in for a landing in the early morning darkness.

Columbia Landing From Servicing Mission 3B

The Space Shuttle Columbia, with its crew of seven astronauts, approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, completing mission STS-109, or Servicing Mission 3B, to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Wheel stop occurred on orbit 165 at 4:33:09 a.m. EST on March 12, 2002, with a mission elapsed time of 10 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes. It was the 58th landing at KSC of the 108 missions in the history of the Shuttle Program.

Image Credit: NASA
Download