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(AP)—It's the ultimate piggyback ride: A space shuttle perched atop a Boeing 747 as the pair crisscrosses the country.
(AP)—It's the ultimate piggyback ride: A space shuttle perched atop a Boeing 747 as the pair crisscrosses the country.
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2012
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Bad weather has for a second time forced authorities to delay the transfer of the space shuttle Endeavour from Florida to California, with the move now set for later this week, NASA said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Kennedy ...
Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2012
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NASA's space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis switched locations today at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and in the process came "nose-to-nose" for the last time in front of Orbiter Processing Facility 3.
Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2012
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The final frontier may be tough, but, as a damaged wingtip proves, the space shuttle Enterprise's final journey by barge through New York is no picnic.
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2012
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NASA managers, in coordination with Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum officials, tentatively are targeting Friday, April 27, for the ferry of space shuttle Enterprise from Washington Dulles International Airport to John ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2012
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(AP) -- The space shuttle Enterprise's scheduled arrival in New York City has been pushed back because of possible bad weather.
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2012
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The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft glides down the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Discovery mounted atop will fly approximately 1,500 feet above various parts of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, April 17.
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2012
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(AP) -- The space shuttle Discovery is stopped for the night at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La., as part of its cross-country flight to Florida.
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2009
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