Space Shuttle Atlantis Rides Piggyback on Way Home (NASA, Space Shuttle, 6/1/09)

Space Shuttle Atlantis Rides Piggyback on Way Home (NASA, Space Shuttle, 6/1/09)
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Rides Piggyback on Way Home (NASA, Space Shuttle, 6/1/09)

Hi everyone -- this is a topic I don't normally cover on my postings: the space shuttle. But the Marshall Center is helping out with the Shuttle Ferry Flight blog, and I thought we'd share these great images from it. You can read the blog and ride along with Atlantis here:

blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/shuttleferry

Caption: Space shuttle Atlantis’ ferry flight is under way! The modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying Atlantis took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:06 a.m. EDT. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is heading to Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas, and is expected to arrive about 1:10 p.m. EDT. The shuttle and the ferry flight team will stay at Biggs overnight and then continue on tomorrow morning to NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Image credit: NASA