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KSC-01PP-0513
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At the mate_demate device at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility, Atlantis is lowered onto its wheels in preparation for being towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility. This view of Atlantis shows the tail cone that orbiters use when being carried piggyback on ferry flights atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The tail cone protects the aft engine area and provides a more efficient aeronautical dimension during flight. Atlantis returned from California atop the SCA after its Feb.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-01PP-0513. NASA/KSC, 2001-03-06. Public domain. ID: 01pp0513.
