Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 First Landing, Edwards Dry Lakebed Original Photo View Watchlist >
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NASA Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 First Landing, Edwards Dry Lakebed Original Photograph
Original NASA color photograph of Space Shuttle Columbia touching down at the close of STS-1, the orbiter's twin main gear throwing up a plume of lakebed dust as the nose wheel hangs just above the surface of Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, California. The fuselage carries the early program livery — NASA worm logotype, "United States," the American flag, and the orbiter name Columbia at the forward fuselage. Printed on Kodak paper, with the verso watermarked "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" throughout and annotated "STS-1" in pencil at the upper left.
STS-1 launched April 12, 1981 and returned on April 14, 1981, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle program and the first time a crewed spacecraft glided back to a runway landing. Columbia came down on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base with John Young and Robert Crippen aboard. Period NASA distribution prints from this mission, on identifiable Kodak stock with mission annotation, are sought by space-history collectors.
CONDITION
Very Good. The image is bright with the warm tonality characteristic of early-1980s color stock. Light toning and scattered adhesive/mount residue to the verso corners; faint handling impressions at the margins. No tears or surface losses to the image area.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Sheet: 8.5" × 11"
- Medium: Chromogenic color photograph, Kodak paper
- Verso annotation: "STS-1" in pencil, upper left
- Mission: STS-1 — Columbia first landing, Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards AFB, April 14, 1981
