| Discovery returns to Florida atop 747 |
Posted: September 21, 2009
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Discovery, riding the 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, returns home to the Kennedy Space Center after a cross-country trip from its landing site in California. |  |
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| STS-128: The ferryflight begins |
Posted: September 20, 2009
Duration: 13 min 42 sec
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft departed from Edwards Air Force Base in California at 6:20 a.m. local time (9:20 a.m. EDT), starting the cross-country trek back to Discovery's homeport in Florida. |  |
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| STS-128: Taxi for takeoff |
Posted: September 20, 2009
Duration: 12 min 59 sec
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - a modified Boeing 747 jet - makes its way to Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to begin the cross-country flight that will ferry Discovery back to Florida. |  |
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| STS-126: Endeavour to the hangar |
Posted: December 15, 2008
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Space shuttle Endeavour is removed from atop the 747 carrier jet and then towed along the roadway to Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 for post-flight deservicing and the start of preparations for the STS-127 mission. |  |
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| STS-126: More ferryflight landing footage |
Posted: December 15, 2008
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
This video shows alternate views of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft making its low-altitude buzz over Kennedy Space Center and then landing to bring Endeavour home following STS-126. |  |
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| STS-126: 747 towed from runway |
Posted: December 12, 2008
Duration: 13 min 46 sec
Space shuttle Endeavour riding atop its 747 carrier aircraft is towed from the runway to the mate-demate facility at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip. |  |
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| STS-126: Ferryflight concludes |
Posted: December 12, 2008
Duration: 16 min 58 sec
Space shuttle Endeavour safely concludes its cross-country trek atop a Boeing 747 carrier jet, returning home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:45 p.m. December 12. |  |
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| STS-126: Aerial views from chase plane |
Posted: December 10, 2008
Duration: 7 min 4 sec
A small chase plane escorting the 747-shuttle duo away from Edwards Air Force Base provides this beautiful aerial footage of the carrier aircraft with Endeavour perched on top. |  |
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| STS-126: The ferryflight begins |
Posted: December 10, 2008
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Space shuttle Endeavour leaves Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 7:08 a.m. local time Dec. 10 to begin a cross-country piggyback ride atop a modified 747 carrier jet. The shuttle's STS-126 space station construction mission landed at the Mojave Desert base 10 days earlier. |  |
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| STS-126: Taxi for takeoff |
Posted: December 10, 2008
Duration: 15 min 1 sec
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - a modified Boeing 747 jet - makes its way to Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to begin the cross-country flight that will ferry Endeavour back to Florida. |  |
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| STS-117: Atlantis back to the hangar |
Posted: July 24, 2007
Duration: 5 min 14 sec
Space shuttle Atlantis' landing gear is deployed and the orbiter touches Florida soil following its STS-117 mission and the cross-country ferry flight aboard the 747 carrier aircraft. Atlantis is towed to its hangar to begin preparations for launch on the STS-122 mission. |  |
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| STS-117: Atlantis removed from 747 |
Posted: July 24, 2007
Duration: 6 min 30 sec
With the Shuttle Carrier Aricraft parked under the Mate-Demate Device structure at Kennedy Space Center on July 3, space shuttle Atlantis is removed from atop the 747 following its cross-country ferry flight. |  |
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| STS-117: Post ferry flight comments |
Posted: July 3, 2007
Duration: 29 sec
LeRoy Cain, manager of shuttle integration at Kennedy Space Center, makes a few comments from the runway after space shuttle Atlantis returned home from the ferry flight. |  |
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| STS-117: Tow off the runway |
Posted: July 3, 2007
Duration: 14 min 27 sec
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with Atlantis perched aboard is towed off the Kennedy Space Center following the morning landing. The jet is pulled toward the crane structure that will remove Atlantis from the aircraft. |  |
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| STS-117: Atlantis back in Florida |
Posted: July 3, 2007
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft touches down on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 15 at 8:27 a.m. July 3, delivering Atlantis back to its homeport after a two-day coast-to-coast ferry flight. |  |
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| STS-117: Begins ferry flight to Florida |
Posted: July 1, 2007
Duration: 7 min 22 sec
Space shuttle Atlantis leaves Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 6:04 a.m. local time July 1 to begin a cross-country piggyback ride atop a modified 747 carrier jet. The shuttle's recent space station construction mission landed at the Mojave Desert base 9 days earlier. |  |
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| STS-117: Taxi for takeoff |
Posted: July 1, 2007
Duration: 13 min 39 sec
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft - a modified Boeing 747 jet - makes its way to Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to begin the cross-country flight that will ferry Atlantis back to Florida. |  |
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| Discovery is towed into the Orbiter Processing Facility |
Posted: August 22, 2005
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
The space shuttle Discovery is towed into its hangar, Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3, returning it home after the STS-114 return to flight mission, that began on July 26 a few miles away at pad 39B and ended at Edwards Air Force Base in California on August 9, 2005. |  |
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| Discovery is towed away from the Shuttle Landing Facility |
Posted: August 22, 2005
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
The space shuttle Discovery is towed away from the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility towards its Orbiter Processing Facility hangar near the Kennedy Space Center's landmark Vehicle Assembly Building. |  |
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| Discovery's nose wheel is lowered to the ground |
Posted: August 22, 2005
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Discovery's nose wheel is gently lowered to ground and the orbiter is detached from the mate-demate device in readiness for its tow to the Orbiter Processing Facility. |  |
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