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Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

When the orbiters land at Dryden, they are towed to the MDD. It is a large gantry-like structure where the orbiters receive post-flight servicing and are prepared for the ferry flights back to the Kennedy Space Center with the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA).

DFRC Photo # Photo Date Image Description
  Skip links in main table Space Shuttle (STS) Mate-Demate Device (MDD) Photo Collection Contact Sheet
EC91-187-01 April 1991 Shuttle STS-37 in Mate-Demate Device being loaded onto SCA-747 - side view
EC91-659-2 1991 Shuttle in Mate-Demate Device being loaded onto SCA-747 - side view
EC91-659-05 1991 Shuttle in Mate-Demate Device being loaded onto SCA-747 - rear view
EC92-5211-1 1992 Shuttle Endevour loaded onto SCA-747 exiting the Mate-Demate Device for return to Kennedy Space Center - front view at sunrise
EC92-05169-1 1992 STS-49 Shuttle Endevour in Mate-Demate Device being loaded onto SCA-747 - front view
EC96-43493-1 Mar 1996 Shuttle Atlantis in Mate-Demate Device being loaded onto SCA-747 for return to Kennedy Space Center - side view with moon in background
EC96-43493-7 Mar 1996 Shuttle Atlantis in Mate-Demate Device being loaded onto SCA-747 for return to Kennedy Space Center - side view with moon in background


Last Modified: October 24, 1997
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