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Shuttle Challenger Mated to 747 SCA

Shuttle Challenger Mated to 747 SCA
The Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger atop NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905, after leaving the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, for the ferry flight that took the orbiter to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its first launch.

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The Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger atop NASA’s Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905, after leaving the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, for the ferry flight that took the orbiter to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its first launch.
July 4, 1982
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