They can wait for a night landing, but that's all.

This led to them crashing into the treetops as they tried to perform a night landing.

The first night landing was made on 8 December 1965.

The night landing was not a factor in the postponement, officials said.

"I thought there weren't supposed to be night landings," Barthel said.

This was the fourth night landing of the shuttle program.

However, the general pattern was still readable to a pilot making a night landing.

As with the launch, this was the first night landing of the program.

Well, both men thought, night landings on a carrier weren't exactly fun.

The American aircraft then flew east for a difficult night landing.