Spectacular Early Space Shuttle Columbia Landing

Space Shuttle Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California on 16 November 1982 at the conclusion of mission STS-5. Columbia is seen high over the Mojave Desert as it approaches Edwards AFB to land on paved runway 22, performing a braking test in the process. Vance D. Brand was mission commander; pilot was Robert F. Overmyer; mission specialists were Joseph P. Allen and William B. Lenoir. The mission traveled 2,110,849 statute miles over five days. This was the first shuttle mission to deploy commercial communications satellites.

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Here's a different kind of research at Edwards AFB involving a remotely-landed 720 jetliner wheels up:
   • 720 Jetliner Controlled Impact Demons...  

And here's a link to a spectacular aerial view of a Shuttle orbiter and 747 carrier aircraft departing Edwards AFB:

   • Dramatic Space Shuttle Discovery Ferr...  

Here's another spectacular landing video, showing the X-24B at Edwards:

   • X-24B Dramatic Landing at Edwards AFB