Showing posts with label 747. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 747. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Endeavour Mated to SCA Time-Lapse
Source - NASA Kennedy Space Center for Sept. 18, 2012:
At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, in preparation for its ferry flight to California. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
Source - NASA Science News for November 19, 2009
Imagine cutting retractable doors in the side of a 747 airliner, installing a 17-ton telescope, and flying to the stratosphere to solve one of astronomy's greatest puzzles. That's what NASA and the German Aerospace Center plan to do with a cutting-edge airborne observatory named SOFIA.
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