This week in Edwards flight test history Published Aug. 31, 2016 412th Test Wing Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Sept. 3, 1985 - Space Shuttle Discovery landed on lakebed Runway 23 following a successful mission to deploy three satellites and an on-orbit satellite repair task. Shuttle pilot Col. Joe Engle (United States Air Force Test Pilot School Class 61) carried an Air Force Flight Test Center flag and a small container of lakebed sand on the mission, which he later presented to the AFFTC Museum.