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Dry Lake Bed to Back Up Shuttle Landing at White Sands
The White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico prepares a dry lake bed for a space shuttle backup landing near Northrup Strip with Edwards Air Force Base in California as the primary target. NASA plans the Columbia mission around April 10 with a 54 hour Earth return, weather and technical risks permitting.
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White Sands Missile Range
Billy the Kid
Geronimo
Trinity
U.S. Army
Desert
New Mexico
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Edwards
Northrup Strip
Missile Range
John Young
Robert Crippen
Columbia
White Sands
Northrup
al Paczynski
NASA
Ken Senstad
Paczynski