STS-37 launch & landing (4-5-91)

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1. You could really tell he was trying to "stretch" the approach. That angle of attack looks much higher than normal (compare the "nose angle" on this flight to a normal one).
2. It was probably a bit of a "turnaround" headache due to more crap being kicked up by the wheels and hitting the underside. The actual runway is "prepared" and much better. Just shows the drawback of really really needing a solid forecast 90 mins out. That's a tall order at Edward's, let alone KSC.
3. mango touchdown! 
4. they would have made the needed non-normal corrections and easily still made the runway. not quite the nail bitter it looks like but the wx people got in a lot of trouble.
5. also some other details... the short landing was due to botched winds aloft but commander nagel admitted he could have resolved it if he needed (by doing non-normal things like reducing speed brake and pitching differently) but since he knew he would still make a safe landing on the under-run he chose to fly a normal profile rather than do something different. if this had happened at KSC then yes it would have been very close to a disaster BUT it is also very likely (continued...)
6. @swordsman1989 Yes, and just to make sure no-one thinks the crew was at fault; it was the weather folks that botched the winds-aloft predictions, nearly causing a major catastrophe. Had this been at KSC, they'd have barely made the runway and it'd have been quite obvious. CDR Nagel did an outstanding job of saving this landing.
7. Little known fact - Atlantis actually landed 600+ feet short of the runway. However it landed on the dry lake bed, so the "runway" was just lines painted on the sand and not a big deal.
8. landing capcom is Brian Duffy and launch is Steve S. Oswald
9. capcom is steve S. Oswald
10. ikr