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KSC-2009-3449

NASA / KSC · 2009-05-29 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Edwards Air Force Base in California, space shuttle Atlantis is fitted with a tail cone, which protects the aft engine area and provides a more efficient aeronautical dimension during its piggyback flight on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, a modified Boeing 747. Atlantis landed at Edwards on May 24, which concluded mission STS-125, after two landing opportunities at Kennedy were waved off due to weather concerns.

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ferry flight, SCA
Credit lineKSC-2009-3449. NASA/KSC, 2009-05-29. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-3449.
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