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KSC-2012-2266
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is shown attached atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, in the mate/demate device. Known as the MDD, the devise is a large gantry-like steel structure used to hoist a shuttle off the ground and position it onto the back of the SCA.
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Credit lineKSC-2012-2266. NASA/KSC, 2012-04-16. Public domain. ID: KSC-2012-2266.