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KSC-2012-2077
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery nears the mate-demate device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A tail cone has been installed over its three replica shuttle main engines to reduce aerodynamic drag and turbulence during its upcoming ferry flight. The MDD is a large gantry-like steel structure used to hoist a shuttle off the ground and position it onto the back of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA.
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Credit lineKSC-2012-2077. NASA/KSC, 2012-04-14. Public domain. ID: KSC-2012-2077.
