Nov 7 1998
From The Space Library
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and his crewmates returned to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Despite concern that the landing might be rough, because of a missing door on Discovery's drag chute, the craft landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The door had fallen off during the 29 October launch. Mission Control had warned Pilot [[Steven W. Lindsey] that a braking chute might deploy unexpectedly, but it remained safely in place throughout the landing process.
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