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STS-92 - Orbiter in Mate-Demate Device (MDD) |
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| Photo Number: |
EC00-0311-7 |
| Photo Date: |
October 29, 2000 |
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524x480 JPEG Image (113 KBytes)
1117x1023 JPEG Image (450 KBytes)
3000x2750 JPEG Image (3,749 KBytes)
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The early-morning Sun bathes the Space Shuttle Discovery in hues of purple, pink and gold as it is encased in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. The gantry-like MDD structure is used to prepare the shuttle for its 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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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, the 46th Shuttle mission to land at Edwards, 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. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
Jim Ross |
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| Keywords: |
Space Shuttle; STS-92; Shuttle Carrier Aircraft; SCA; 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; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center |
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