Space shuttle Discovery was carefully placed atop the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft during mating operations in preparation for its ferry flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA.
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Space shuttle Discovery was carefully placed atop the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft during mating operations in preparation for its ferry flight from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.September 18, 2009
NASA photo /Tony Landis