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🚀🛬 It’s incredible that this beast was able to return from space as an unpowered glider. With no conventional propulsion during its descent, the vehicle relied on aerodynamic control to navigate its way back through the atmosphere and land safely.
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00:01Altitude 2,000 feet.
00:04Endeavour's landing gear will be locked down in place at 300 feet in altitude.
00:16Landing gear down.
00:26Gear down and locked.
00:29Touchdown.
00:32Wild air flow deploying drag chute that'll help slow Endeavour on the runway.
00:38And Commander Mark Polanski rotating the nose gear down to the deck.
00:44Nose gear touchdown.
00:45The next one.
00:45The next one.
00:47The next one.
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