SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER 103 DISCOVERY 51-G LANDING

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SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER 103 DISCOVERY 51-G LANDING

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National Archives at College Park

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Lucid, Shannon, 1943-

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Discovery (Spacecraft)

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