Why Did NASA Choose A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle?

NASA's space shuttle was a large, heavy vehicle, and needed an even larger, heavier low-wing aircraft to transport it across ...
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From The Archives: Orbiter Enterprise/747 Carrier Aircraft Land At Le Bourget

This cover shows NASA's Boeing 747 carrying the shuttle Enterprise as it touches down at Le Bourget Airport to terminate its Paris Air Show flight demonstration. The combination was flown by NASA ...
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Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101 Film Footage

This collection consists of the following twenty-two 16mm films relating to the Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101: 747/F-104 Shuttle Orbiter Launch Simulation; Orbiter/747 Separation (Wind ...
Futurism

White House Investigates Whether to Chop Space Shuttle Discovery Into Pieces

On October 11, 2012, NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour embarked on its arduous, 12-mile journey from an airplane hangar to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The iconic spacecraft had just ...
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DC's Air and Space Museum could lose famous Space Shuttle Discovery under new law

Space Shuttle Discovery, the most space-flown orbiter in NASA’s fleet, may soon be embarking on a new mission. Not to space, but from its long-time home at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space ...
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Senators Cruz, Cornyn file legislation to bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min "It's past time that the Space ...