| NASA Center: |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
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| Image # : |
EC91-221-8 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1961
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Title
Endeavour is Delivered to the Kennedy Space Center
Full Description
NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 911, with the space shuttle
orbiter Endeavour securely mounted atop its fuselage, taxies to the
runway to begin the ferry flight from Rockwell's Plant 42 at Palmdale,
California, where the orbiter was built, to the Kennedy Space Center,
Florida.
At Kennedy, the space vehicle was processed and launched on orbital
mission STS-49, which landed at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research
Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards,
California, May 16 1992.
NASA 911, the second modified 747 that went into service in November
1990, has special support struts atop the fuselage and internal
strengthening to accommodate the added weight of the orbiters.
Keywords
Boeing 747 Space Shuttle Shuttle Carrier Aircraft SCA STS-49 Palmdale
Subject Category
Top 20 Dryden Aircraft, Space Shuttle,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
DFRC
- Center Number:
EC91-221-8
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001943
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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