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Prototype space shuttle bound for NYC reunited with NASA aircraft
Top photo credit: collectSPACE.com/Ben Cooper; other photos credit: NASA and NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Space shuttle Enterprise, seen mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, at Washington Dulles International Airport on April 20, 2012. |
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Space shuttle Enterprise flying atop the carrier aircraft NASA 905, a modified Boeing 747 jetliner, during its first captive test flight in 1977. |
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Space shuttle Enterprise is lifted in preparation for its mating to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft early Friday morning, April 20, 2012. |
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The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft moves into place for mating underneath the space shuttle Enterprise at Dulles International Airport. |
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Enterprise is seen mated on top of NASA 905, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the same plane used for the 1977 Approach and Landing Tests. |
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