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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is towed toward Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 from the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB. In the background, space shuttle Discovery waits for its move to the VAB after being towed out of OPF-1. The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of the three space shuttles. Atlantis is being prepared for display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and is scheduled to rollover to the complex in November. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs KSC-2012-1733
Discovery STS-133 Mission Landing
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The Final Landing of STS-135 Atlantis
X-33 artist concept - 1999. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.
STS-133 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with space shuttle Discovery on top is towed toward the mate-demate device. The piggybacked shuttle and aircraft touched down on runway 33 at 12:05 p.m. EDT. Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sept. 11 after the 13-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Landings at Kennedy were waved off on two days due to inclement weather, leading to the landing at Edwards. The two-day return flight from California began at 9:20 a.m. EDT Sept. 20. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-5160
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour is towed to the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after being backed out of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The MDD is located at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy. The shuttle will be lifted and connected to the top of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft SCA, a modified 747 jetliner. The shuttle has been fitted with an aerodynamic tailcone for its flight aboard the SCA to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-5134
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA 911, one of NASA's two modified Boeing 747 space shuttle carriers, lifts off Runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base with the shuttle Atlantis on its back on the first leg of Atlantis' ferry flight back to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Tom Tschida KSC-2009-3492
A NASA 747 aircraft transporting the space shuttle Challenger prepares to take off for Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a refueling stop at the base
Ground crewmen refuel and service a NASA 747 aircraft during a stopover at the base. The 747 is transporting the space shuttle Challenger to Cape Canaveral, Florida
A ground crewman refuels a NASA 747 aircraft during a stopover at the base. The 747 is transporting the space shuttle Challenger to Cape Canaveral, Florida
A NASA Boeing 747 carrier aircraft transporting the space shuttle orbiter Challenger approaches for a landing at the base for refueling. The shuttle is en route to Cape Canaveral, Florida
The orbiter Atlantis arrives at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility riding piggyback on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747. Atlantis landed in California Feb. 19 concluding mission STS-98. The ferry flight began in California March 1; unfavorable weather conditions kept it on the ground at Altus AFB, Okla., until it could return to Florida. The orbiter will next fly on mission STS-104, the 10th construction flight to the International Space Station, scheduled June 8 KSC01pp0494
A NASA 747 aircraft transporting the space shuttle Challenger to Cape Canaveral, Florida, after stopping at the base for refueling and minor maintenance
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is lowered toward the ground after being demated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft seen at left. Atlantis' wheels still must be lowered. Atlantis returned from California atop the SCA, a modified Boeing 747, after its May 24 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, concluding mission STS-125. The ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base began June 1. Atlantis' next assignment is the STS-129 mission, targeted to launch in November 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-3489
A NASA 747 aircraft is serviced on the flight line during a stopover at the base. The 747 is transporting the space shuttle Challenger to Cape Canaveral, Florida
The space shuttle Atlantis is piggy-backed on NASA's Boeing 747 which has landed for refueling. It is on the last leg of its journey from Edwards Air Force Base, CA to Cape Kennedy, FL
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Eglin Air Force Base
State: Florida (FL)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Cindy Farmer
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Space Shuttle Atlantis was a space shuttle that was operated by NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program. It was the fourth operational shuttle built, and the last one to be built before the program was retired in 2011. Atlantis was named after the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and it made its first flight in October 1985. Over the course of its career, Atlantis completed 33 missions and spent a total of 307 days in space. Its last mission was STS-135, which was the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) was one of the four first operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Endeavour.) Atlantis was the fourth operational shuttle built. Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that operated from 1930 to 1966 for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Atlantis performed well in 25 years of service, flying 33 missions.
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21/11/1994
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