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 Dryden Home > Collections > Photo Home > Dryden People > Photo # EC00-0032-2 |
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The NASA Dryden 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crew poses in an engine inlet | |
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| Photo Number: | EC00-0032-2 | |
| Photo Date: | February 3, 2000 | |
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| Formats: | 524x480 JPEG Image (100 KBytes) 1117x1023 JPEG Image (481 KBytes) 3000x2750 JPEG Image (5,111 KBytes) |
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| Description: |
The NASA Dryden 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crew poses in an engine inlet; Standing L to R - aircraft mechanic John Goleno and SCA Team Leader Pete Seidl; Kneeling L to R - aircraft mechanics Todd Weston and Arvid Knutson, and avionics technician Jim Bedard 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 747 series of aircraft are four-engine intercontinental-range swept-wing "jumbo jets" that entered commercial service in 1969. 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. |
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| NASA Photo by: | Tom Tschida | |
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| Keywords: | SCA; Shuttle Carrier Aircraft; crew; Mate-Demate Device; 747; B-747; John Goleno; Pete Seidl; Todd Weston; Arvid Knutson; Jim Bedard | |
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