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DescriptionSTS-42 Landing.jpg	English: STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, main landing gear (MLG) rolls over concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, after touchdown at 8:07:18 am (Pacific Standard Time (PST)). The deployed nose landing gear (NLG) glides above the runway before touchdown and wheel stop. EAFB and Dryden Flight Research Facility (DFRF) buildings and hangars appear in the background.
Date	30 January 1992
Source	NASA STS042-S-094 High Resolution Image
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:02, 25 March 2023		4,329 × 2,819 (1.68 MB)	Caddyshack01 (talk \| contribs)	Higher resolution and better quality version of the image
	23:22, 3 January 2007		632 × 443 (205 KB)	Miguel Cervantes (talk \| contribs)	The Landing of STS-42. Taken from NASA

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Date and time of data generation	30 January 1992
Image title	STS042-S-094 (30 Jan 1992) --- Space Shuttle Discovery lands on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California to complete an eight-day mission. Main gear touchdown occurred at 8:07:18 a.m. (PST), Jan. 30, 1992. The crewmembers aboard Discovery for the first International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) mission were astronauts Ronald J. Grabe, mission commander; Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; Norman E. Thagard, payload commander; and David C. Hilmers and William F. Readdy, both mission specialists; and payload specialists Roberta L. Bondar of Canada and Ulf Merbold, representing the European Space Agency (ESA).
Short title	STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif
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File change date and time	07:00, 24 December 2012
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