Discovery's sweeping turn for landing SPACEFLIGHT NOW DIGITAL VIDEO Posted: Oct. 24, 2000
Commander Brian Duffy pilots shuttle Discovery along the Heading Alignment Cylinder -- an imaginary circle -- to align with Runway 22. Approaching from the southwest, Discovery made a 204-degree right-overhead turn to line up with northeast-to-southwest concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Source video: NASA TV (311k, 1min47sec QuickTime file). |
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