美国航天飞机哥伦比亚号经过8天的轨道飞行,已于3月30日东部时间上午11点在新墨西哥州的白沙靶场安全着陆。这比原定返航时间推迟一天。推迟的原因是由于29日白沙靶场风沙弥漫,能见度为零,恶劣的天气迫使航宇局作出推迟返航的决定。航天飞机第三次试飞的时间比前两次试飞的总和还要多一倍。尽管在飞行过程中曾遇到一些问题,但总的来说这次试飞是相当成功的, The space shuttle Columbia, after eight days of orbital flight, landed safely at the White Sands Range in New Mexico on March 30 at 11 am Eastern time. This is a day later than originally scheduled to return. The reason for the delay was due to the diffuse sandstorms at Pak Sai Range on the 29th with zero visibility and the harsh weather forcing NASA to make a decision to postpone the return flight. Space shuttle flight time for the third test twice than the sum of the former two times more. Despite some problems during the flight, the flight test was generally quite successful,