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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With sunrise just minutes away, the orbiter Columbia swoops down on KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 33. The 33rd KSC landing in Shuttle program history is set to occur on the first opportunity Dec. 7 at 6:49 a.m. EST. Prior landing attempts Dec. 5 and 6 were scrubbed due to weather conditions. The extended time aloft allowed the five- member crew of Mission STS-80 to set a new record for long-duration Shuttle flight. At main gear touchdown, mission duration will be about 17 days, 16 hours, surpassing the 16-day, 21-hour set by the STS-78 crew earlier this year. Guiding Columbia onto the runway is STS-80 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell; the pilot is Kent V. Rominger. The three mission specialists are Tamara E. Jernigan, Thomas D. Jones and Story Musgrave. KSC-96pc1335
Shuttle Enterprise Flight to New York
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the early morning hours at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with space shuttle Discovery secured atop, begins takeoff on runway 15 at 7 a.m. EDT. Discovery is on the way to its new home. The aircraft, known as an SCA, is a Boeing 747 jet, originally manufactured for commercial use, which was modified by NASA to transport the shuttles between destinations on Earth. This SCA, designated NASA 905, is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. NASA 905 is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17, after which the shuttle will be placed on display in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. For more information on the SCA, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html. For more information on shuttle transition and retirement activities, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Powers and Rick Wetherington KSC-2012-2448
Shuttle Discovery Fly-Over (201204170015HQ)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a three-day trip from California, the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, and its piggyback passenger space shuttle Endeavour roll down the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Visible is the tail cone on Endeavour that covers and protects the main engines during the ferry flight. Touchdown at Kennedy was at 2:44 p.m. EST. The SCA is a modified Boeing 747 jetliner. Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California Nov. 30 to end mission STS-126. The return to Kennedy began Dec. 8 and took four days after stops across the country for fuel. The last stop was at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La. Weather conditions en route and in Florida postponed the landing at Kennedy until Dec. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd3976
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STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
STS-127 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Summary
Description: ALERT STILL COVERAGE OF TOUCHDOWN. VIEW FROM OUTSIDE OF FENCE. LOOKING NORTH "WITH ORBITER COMING TOWARD CAMERA" SHOW TOUCHDOWN LOCATE AT AN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE FROM TOUCHDOWN POINT TO ASSURE AN ADEQUATE IMAGE SIZE WHEN THE ORBITER CONTACTS THE RUNWAY. COMMITTED ONLY FOR RUNWAY 15 (NORTH TO SOUTH) LANDINGS
Item: DL020-EOM
Date Taken: 7/31/2009
Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS
STS127 LAUNCH AND LANDING
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eom
sts 127 endeavour
nasa
launch and landing
high resolution
ultra high resolution
runway
landings
show touchdown
touchdown point
adequate image size
touchdown
orbiter contacts
digital stills sts 127
orbiter
appropriate distance
view
space program
Date
25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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