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STS121 - LANDING DISCOVERY
STS-121 Discovery/ 18th International Space Station Flight ULF1.1
Launch Pad: 39B
Launched: July 4, 2006
Launch Time: 2:38 p.m. EDT
Landing: July 17, 2006
Landing Time: 9:14 a.m. EDT
Duration: 12 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes, 54 seconds
Orbital Insertion Altitude: 122 nautical miles
Orbit Inclination: 51.60°

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  • what is their airspeed when landing?

  • Around 250 knots on approach and touchdown from 184 to 196 knots.

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  • 200 or so knots, speed wise thats around 215 mph.

  • How fast do space shuttles land?

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  • @filipe30 close, more like 30 years old.

  • I can't believe that thing made it there and back. Looks like its 50 years old.

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  • I will sincerely miss these shuttles once they are retired. They are the icons of space flight, and there is something so simplistically beautiful about them.

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  • @Busdude97 no the engines aren't running.

    They use the reaction control thrusters when they are decending, before there is enough atmosphere to fly like a normal plane, but once its fully in the atmosphere the shuttle acts just like a glider. (one that likes to fall a lot more than glide)

  • Are the engines on when they are landing?

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