Mama, I'm coming home Space shuttle Atlantis touched down at Edwards Air Force Base in California 40 years ago #OTD to conclude STS-61B, its second out of 33 missions. | NASA History

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339K views · 2.7K reactions | This footage is from NASA’s STS-51-A space shuttle mission in 1984. During this mission, astronauts deployed two satellites—and remarkably, retrieved two others that had been stranded in the wrong orbit.  The satellite shown here is Westar 6, which was brought back to Earth, sold, and later re-launched in 1990—a rare and impressive feat in spaceflight history. | The Galactic Void | Facebook