I would add STS-3 to the list. Columbia, of course, flown by Commander Jack Lousma and Pilot Gordon Fullerton. It wasn't the worst landing, but it was one that NASA never wanted to repeat for a few reasons. Due to bad weather at the Cape, and rain... read more
Not at all a bad landing, but the roughest and most dramatic Shuttle landing after an orbital flight was Discovery on mission STS-51-D on 19 April 1985,the first landing of the shuttle in a cross-wind. read more
On the morning of April 14, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia approached NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. With astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen at the controls, the maiden flight of the world's first reusable space vehicle was headed for touchdown, wrapping up the boldest test flight in history. read more