Message posted by Gregos on December 23, 2006 at 8:04:06 PST:

NASA's Space Shuttle Landing Facility’s airport code is KTTS. I had flightaware running just for fun, but I knew there would be no tracking. The Orbiter Vehicles have no FAA N-numbers because they are government owned like Air Force jets. Although they did have some T-38s shown yesterday. I wonder if you could have tracked Burt Rutan's Spaceship One? That did require a N-number: N328KF.

Lastly, although it would have been cool for Discovery to land in New Mexico, it is way better that it went back to the Cape. It costs a fortune to transport the Orbiter coast to coast. And you thought FedEx was expensive!

In Reply to: Re: OT: Shuttle Probably Landing at White Sands posted by Mark on December 22, 2006 at 22:00:54 PST:

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