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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry
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NASA uses two modified Boeing 747 jetliners, originally manufactured for commercial use, as Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). One is a 747-100 model, while the other is designated a 747-100SR (short range). The two aircraft are identical in appearance and in their performance as Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
The SCAs are used to ferry space shuttle orbiters from landing sites back to the launch complex at the Kennedy Space Center, and also to and from other locations too distant for the orbiters to be delivered by ground transportation. The orbiters are placed atop the SCAs by Mate-Demate Devices, large gantry-like structures which hoist the orbiters off the ground for post-flight servicing, and then mate them with the SCAs for ferry flights.
| DFRC Photo # |
Photo Date |
Image Description |
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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Space Shuttle Ferry Photo Collection Contact Sheet |
| EC02-0131-10 |
June 28, 2002 |
The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, left NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California at sunrise on Friday, June 28, nine days after concluding mission STS-111 to the International Space Station with a landing at Edwards. |
| EC02-0131-9 |
June 28, 2002 |
The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, left NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California at sunrise on Friday, June 28. |
| EC01-0055-4 |
March 1, 2001 |
NASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 1, 2001 |
| EC01-0055-10 |
March 1, 2001 |
NASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 1, 2001 |
| EC01-0055-1 |
March 1, 2001 |
NASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 1, 2001. |
| EC01-0055-2 |
March 1, 2001 |
NASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 1, 2001. |
| EC95-43339-1 |
September 28, 1995 |
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) fleet photo |
| EC98-44740-1 |
September 1998 |
Shuttle Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space Center after 10 month refurbishment |
| EC98-44740-2 |
September 1998 |
Shuttle Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space Center after 10 month refurbishment |
| EC98-44740-3 |
September 1998 |
Shuttle Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space Center after 10 month refurbishment |
| EC98-44740-4 |
September 1998 |
Shuttle Atlantis returning to Kennedy Space Center after 10 month refurbishment |
| EC90-352-001 |
December 1990 |
STS-35 leaves Dryden on 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) bound for Kennedy Space Center |
| EC95-43279-1 |
September 28, 1995 |
Shuttle Discovery overflight of Edwards in route to Palmdale CA maintenance facility |
| EC95-43279-3 |
September 28, 1995 |
Shuttle Discovery landing at Palmdale CA maintenance facility |
| EC95-43304-1 |
September 28, 1995 |
Shuttle Discovery being unloaded from SCA-747 at Palmdale CA maintenance facility |
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