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10/10/2013 at 12:34 • Filed to: spacelopnik, NASA

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From !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! : "A test orbiter flies before the actual shuttle Columbia, March 1981."


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Kinja'd!!! f86sabre > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 12:37

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The Approach and landing Tests. Cool stuff.


Kinja'd!!! Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 12:37

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I'm fairly certain that's Enterprise.


Kinja'd!!! Chris Clarke > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 12:40

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Flying Brick


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 12:42

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Shuttle landing filmed through the HUD.


Kinja'd!!! Jayhawk Jake > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 13:14

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More like falling with style AMIRITE?! lol

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Kinja'd!!! Jayhawk Jake > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
10/10/2013 at 13:14

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It is.


Kinja'd!!! Jayhawk Jake > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 13:26

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Okay, the landing of the shuttle is cool, but the skill and balls of the T-38s is amazing. Formation flying a few feet above the ground, then landing at a really high speed for the plane. Impressive!


Kinja'd!!! Slave2anMG > ajroder
10/10/2013 at 14:06

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Yep, that's Enterprise. I was working in a bar across from campus...we had the TV on, the rabbit ears up, and all watching this intently. I don't think today that younger people realize what a Big Deal the Shuttle flights were...it was a huge deal.