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NASA's 747 with Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to KSC in Florida, after completing its first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards AFB.
 
Photo Number: ECN-15327
Photo Date: April 28, 1981
 
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Description:		 NASA's specially modified 747 with the Space Shuttle Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Columbia had recently completed its first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
 
NASA Photo by: unknown
 
Keywords: Space Shuttle, Columbia, STS-1, landing, April, 14, 1981, lakebed, Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, first orbital mission
 
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