Posts Tagged ferry flight
No Direct Flights
Posted by Danielle in News & Happenings, Picspam on September 24, 2009
This flight makes a lot of stops.
NASA’s modified Boeing 747 carrying the space shuttle Discovery taxis toward the runway at Edwards Air Force Base shortly before dawn on Sept. 20, 2009, prior to taking off on their two-day ferry flight to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery landed at Edwards on Sept. 11, after a 14-day mission STS-128 to the International Space Station.
Image Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
The Nose Knows
I suppose this could be considered a “nostril” shot of shuttle Discovery… if it had nostrils, I mean. It will be ferried back to Florida tomorrow, after landing in California last Friday. Get a much larger version (mine is cropped square) here.
Space shuttle Discovery, mounted on leveling jacks, is surrounded by work platforms while undergoing servicing and preparations at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center for its ferry flight to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Landis
Ferry Ride
Posted by Danielle in Picspam, Special Events on June 3, 2009
Over the course of two days, space shuttle Atlantis flew from California to Florida, and you can read all about it on the shuttle ferry flight blog (where these lovely pictures came from!)
Atlantis landed safely at the Kennedy Landing Facility yesterday afternoon:
In-Flight Movie
Posted by Danielle in Picspam, Special Events on June 1, 2009
Small follow-up to Friday’s post, here is shuttle Atlantis being ferried back to Florida (image courtesy of NASA.) You can watch the takeoff and in-flight video here (quite cool.)
Mounted on a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, Atlantis took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The trip, flown during daylight hours and in precipitation-free weather, will necessitate several stopovers for fueling and is expected to take at least two days to complete.
Shuttle in a Sling
Going out of town this weekend (writing this late Thursday evening) and I don’t have the energy for a full-on Friday Picspam this week… so here, have a shuttle in a sling. This is shuttle Atlantis at Dryden Flight Research Center, preparing to be ferried back to Florida on the back of a 747.
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