In this picture, a Boeing 747 converted into one of the 2 SCA that NASA has at its disposition. Over the next 20 years, it made 66 flights with a shuttle on its fuselage, including 17 missions in which it ferried shuttles from NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center after landings at Edwards Air Force Base to the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s east coastline. Upon its retirement on Feb. 8, 2012, it had amassed 33,004 flight hours over its 38-year flight career. Good night 
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The American flag flies on the NASA News Center grounds at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, giving witness to the passage of space shuttle Atlantis as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A. Goodnight everyone and happy new year ! #nasa #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttleprogram #spaceshuttleatlantis #spacesuit #kennedyspacecenter by astro_luke_v
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From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky on a column of fire on the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Good night #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttleatlantis #sts125 #spaceshuttleprogram #space #hubbletelescope #nasa by astro_luke_v