Columbia Landing, July 4, 1982

Above, space shuttle Columbia with chase planes. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Last July, I posted about attended the landing of space shuttle Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base. This was the end of the STS-4 mission on July 4, 1982. There was about half a million spectators there, including President and Mrs. Reagan.

I've located and scanned some photos I took of that event (we got there the night before the landing after attending a Los Angeles Dodgers game).

Here are the photos:

Above, yours truly the night before the landing. 

Above, dawn over Edwards Air Force Base. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Columbia approaching Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base. Photo by Armand Vaquer.