#ov-102

“Space Art - “Columbia Launch Fantasy,” Mixed media painting by artist Andreas Nottebohm is his interpretation of the first launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia, April 12, 1981, Kennedy Space Center.

(NASA Art Program)”

"Johnson Space Center employees and neighbors on the ground didn't get quite this closeup of a view of the Dec. 19 1990 flyover of the Space Shuttle Columbia mounted piggyback atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA--NASA 905). However, hundreds were able to spot it as it passed nearby en route to Florida from California following the successful STS-35 mission. Almost the entire 1625-acre site of the Johnson Space Center is visible in the background, along with a number of businesses and residences in the nearby municipality of Nassau Bay. The air-to-air photograph was taken by Pete Stanley of JSC's Image Services Division who was a passenger in a T-38 jet aircraft."

Date: December 19, 1990

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The orbiter Columbia heads for the Vehicle Assembly Building following its arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility. OV-102's return brings full circle mission STS-35, a nine-day flight to study astrophysics."

Date: December 12, 1990

Picture perfect night landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-35).

Date: December 12, 1990

"Just prior to dawn, the Space Shuttle Columbia heads for a landing on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to successfully complete a 17-day mission. Landing occurred just before dawn, at 6:49 a.m. (EST). The landing is the 33rd at KSC for the Space Transportation System (STS). Crew members aboard were astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell, mission commander; and Kent V. Rominger, pilot; along with Story Musgrave, Tamara E. Jernigan and Thomas D. Jones, all mission specialists."

Date: December 7, 1996

"The Space Shuttle Columbia is about to touch down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. The landing, which occurred at 7:06 a.m. (PST), November 1, 1993, completed a two week mission in space devoted to medical research. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts John E. Blaha, Richard A. Searfoss, Rhea Seddon, Shannon W. Lucid, David A. Wolf and William S. McArthur along with payload specialist Martin J. Fettman, DVM."

Date: November 1, 1993

NASA ID: STS058-S-126

"The Richat Structure, sometimes referred to as the Bull's Eye, can be seen in northwest-looking view. Contrary to a commonly believed notion, the structure was not made by the impact of a meteorite. The 24 mile (39km) wide structure was made by the erosion of layers of rock which domed upward. The depression or pit in which the domed rock rings sit is 328 feet (100 meters) deep from the surrounding plateau area (darker colored rock). The rock layers themselves are thought by many scientists to be several hundred million years old, and their variable resistance to erosion has produced a series of concentric ridges in the structure stepping down from the outside in. The structure is surrounded by fields of sand which is visible encroaching into the southern part of the structure. Small dry lakes or playas (whitish-gray color) are discernible to the east of the center part of the structure."

Date: October 18-31, 1993