STS-3 was the only shuttle mission to land at White Sands. The unexpectedly difficult landing and post flight conditions damaged the shuttle, requiring extensive repair at KSC. So much gypsum dust covered "Columbia" that Bolden recalled, "I flew it several flights later on my first flight and when we got on orbit, there was "still" gypsum coming out of everything! They thought they had cleaned it ... but it was just "unreal" what it had done!" Dust continued to be found in the spacecraft for the rest of its career.