Columbia, arriving from her birthplace in California into KSC's SLF - March 24, 1979.
She looked a mess because a lot of her TPS (Thermal Protection System) tiles had fallen off.
It took another 19 months to prepare her for STS-1!
#ShuttleSunday
@SpaceX The first booster to successfully land 5 times in history is back! This is B1049 flight history:
Launch: Telstar 18V Land: OCISLY
Launch: Iridium-8 Land: JRTI
Launch: StarlinkV0.9 Land: OCISLY
Launch: StarlinkV1.0-L2 Land: OCISLY
Launch: Starlink V1.0-L7 Land: JRTI