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KSC-2009-5147
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – ED09-0253-109) NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the shuttle Discovery securely mounted on top soars into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base Sept. 20, 2009. The piggyback pair was due to arrive back at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida the following day after the 2,500-mile cross-country ferry flight. Discovery had landed at Edwards Sept. 11 after the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station.
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