Space Shuttle On 747 Pictures

The shuttle carrier aircraft sca are two extensively modified boeing 747 airliners that nasa used to transport space shuttle orbiters one is a 747 100 model while the other is a short range 747 100sr.
Space shuttle on 747 pictures. Nasa shuttle carrier aircraft sca 905 this was the boeing 747 123 built in 1970. An aerodynamically correct booster cowl is included for the rear of the shuttle. Shuttle endeavour mated to 747 sca takeoff for delivery to kennedy space center florida. But to move between nasa sites on earth it goes piggyback on a 747.
117 free images of boeing 747. The museum is throwing a huge party for this 747 including astronauts skydivers and fireworks all centered around independence plaza where a replica space shuttle called independence sits on. Shuttle columbia post landing tow with reflection in water. Shuttle endeavour mated to 747 sca taxi to runway for delivery to kennedy space center florida.
Unable to fly like airplanes under their own power shuttle orbiters had to be. All of the necessary cradle equipment for attaching the shuttle to the 747 is included. The scas were used to ferry space shuttles from landing sites back to the shuttle landing facility at the kennedy space center the orbiters were placed on top of the scas by mate demate. Shuttle discovery mated to 747 sca.
Here the shuttle carrier aircraft the modified 747 jet that will carry it across the country will be. The space shuttle atlantis takes off from edwards air force base calif atop its modified boeing 747 carrier aircraft on the first leg of its ferry flight back to the kennedy space center. B gallery b the space shuttle flies just fine on its own in orbit and when landing. Riding piggyback on a boeing 747 the test shuttle enterprise glides over the new york city skyline in june 1983.
It was the only sca used by the space shuttle program until november 1990 when nasa 911 was delivered.