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KSC-2009-3455

NASA / KSC · 2009-05-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Edwards Air Force Base in California, a sling in the mate/demate device hoists space shuttle Atlantis from the ground. A Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, will be moved underneath and Atlantis bolted to the top of the 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. Atlantis is being returned to Florida on a ferry flight on the SCA.

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ferry flight, SCA
Credit lineKSC-2009-3455. NASA/KSC, 2009-05-30. Public domain. ID: KSC-2009-3455.
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