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STS-92 - Orbiter in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) - closeup view from front STS-92 - Orbiter in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) - closeup view from front

Photo Number: EC00-0311-11
Photo Date: October 29, 2000

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The Space Shuttle Discovery is centered in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. The gantry-like MDD structure is used for servicing the shuttle orbiters in preparation for their ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including mounting the shuttle atop NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

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Description:
STS-92 was the 100th mission since the fleet of four Space Shuttles began flying in 1981. (Due to schedule changes, missions are not always launched in the order that was originally planned.) The almost 13-day mission was the last construction mission for the International Space Station prior to the first scientists taking up residency in the orbiting space laboratory the following month. The seven-member crew on STS-92 included mission specialists Koichi Wakata, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Jeff Wisoff, Bill McArthur and Leroy Chiao, pilot Pam Melroy and mission commander Brian Duffy.

NASA Photo by: Carla Thomas

Keywords: Space Shuttle; Boeing 747; Shuttle Carrier Aircraft; STS-92; Mate-Demate Device; MDD; Koichi Wakata; Michael Lopez-Alegria; Jeff Wisoff; Bill McArthur; Leroy Chiao; pilot Pam Melroy; mission commander Brian Duffy; Space Transportation System; 100th STS mission; Discovery; Edwards Air Force Base; International Space Station


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