
The Space Shuttle Endeavour and its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft are illuminated by the morning sun Tuesday after mating of the pair was completed overnight in the Mate-DeMate gantry at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. The pair are scheduled to depart Edwards Air Force Base on their ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning, Dec. 10.
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NASA ID
ED08-0306-99
Date Created
December 9, 2008
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Tony Landis
Location
AFRC
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