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 ✈️🚀 #nasa #space #spaceshuttle #spaceshuttleprogram #boeing747 #SCA #shuttlecarrieraircraft by astro_luke_v