2-860-745 - Heritage Space/Heritage Images

STS-80 landing, Florida, USA, December 7, 1996. 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. The landing occurred just before dawn, at 6:49 a.m. (EST), and was 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.