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Old 08-09-2005 | 11:32 AM
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Default RE: Suttle at Edwards

Lee, I think that was STS-3. The commander over-rotated the Orbiter nose up, after touch down, and then she slammed down hard onto the nose gear. I believe that was the only time something like that happened. IIRC he actually yielded some nose gear hardware!