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Shuttle Atlantis "piggyback", Boeing 747

NASA operates two commercial Boeing 747 airplanes modified to carry a space shuttle on their backs. Designated officially as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, NASA bolstered the commercial 747s with struts, stabilizers and electronic monitors. Pictured above, the space shuttle Atlantis is shown being ferried to NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida in September 1998.

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Title: Shuttle Atlantis "piggyback", Boeing 747

Caption: NASA operates two commercial Boeing 747 airplanes modified to carry a space shuttle on their backs. Designated officially as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, NASA bolstered the commercial 747s with struts, stabilizers and electronic monitors. Pictured above, the space shuttle Atlantis is shown being ferried to NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida in September 1998.

Category: Astronomy & Space

Credit: Album / NASA/Science Source

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Image size: 2100 × 1688 px | 10.1 MB

Print size: 17.8 × 14.3 cm | 826.8 × 664.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AEROPLANE • AIR PLANE • AIRCRAFT • AIRPLANE • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • ATLANTIDA • ATLANTIS • BOEING 747 • CHILD ON BACK • FERRIED • NASA • OUTERSPACE • PIGGYBACK • PLANE • SHUTTLE CARRIER AIRCRAFT • SHUTTLE PROGRAM • SHUTTLE TRANSPORT • SHUTTLE • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS • SPACE SHUTTLE • SPACE • SPATIAL • TRANSPORTED