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NASA's 747 with Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to KSC in Florida, after completing its first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards AFB
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NASA's specially modified 747 with the Space Shuttle Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Columbia had recently completed its first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Credit lineNASA's 747 with Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to KSC in Florida, after completing its first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards AFB. NASA/AFRC, 1981-04-28. Public domain. ID: ECN-15327.
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