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Flight test files: Convair CV-990 Coronado – A journey through landing gear research

In the 1990s, NASA sought to test and improve the space shuttle landing gear and braking systems. As a result, it initiated a program in which the Convair CV-990 Coronado was used as a Landing Systems ...
Washington Post

Shuttle Landing Caps Return to Space

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 9 -- The space shuttle Discovery dropped from a starry pre-dawn sky and coasted to a smooth, safe stop in the California high desert early Tuesday, capping the ...

Wings That Traveled to Space and Back: A History of Space Shuttle Development and the Journey of Japanese Astronauts

It launches like a rocket and returns to the runway like an airplane. The Space Shuttle looked different from conventional ...
KVUE

In rare night landing, space shuttle back on Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a smooth landing in darkness that struck ...