Space Shuttle Endeavour departs Edwards AFB
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Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavour to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30. It was the 52nd Space Shuttle mission to land at Edwards. High winds hampered the effort to mount it on the 747 Carrier Aircraft, so the departure to the Kennedy Space Center was postponed until Wednesday, December 10.
McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster III 06-6157 of the 60th AMW and 349th AMW based at Travis AFB taxied out just before sunrise. It took off from the intersection in the middle of the runway a few minutes before the 747 to act as weather pathfinder.
The sun cleared the horizon just before C-17A 06-6157 started its take-off roll.
C-17A 06-6157 lifted off just after rolling about 4,000 feet.
High overhead, a B-2 Spirit trailed a long contrail as it orbited in a racetrack pattern.
Boeing 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA and SPace Shuttle Endeavour taxied out a minute later.
The Space Shuttle cast its shadow on the big hangar as it taxied out.
747-SCA N911NA taxied to the intersection.
747-SCA N911NA turned right and taxied to the far end of the runway.
747-SCA N911NAturned around on the runway and took off at 7:10.
Thirty-one years earlier: 747-SCA, N905NA takes off from Runway 04 with Enterprise for the fourth Approach and Landing Test flight on October, `2, `977.
Composite image of the take-off of the 747-SCA and Endeavour.
747-SCA N911NA and Endeavour landed at Biggs Air Force Base, Texas 2 hours and 18 minutes later. They made a second stop at Fort Worth later in the afternoon.
More pictures from Space Shuttle events.
Edwards AFB displays.
You can buy a 2010 calendar featuring my photographs of Space Shuttle Endeavor at Edwards Air Force Base.
Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavor to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30, 2007. Following servicing in the Mate/Demate Device, it departed from Edwards on the back of 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA on December 10.
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You can buy a 2010 calendar featuring my photographs of Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
A dozen photos of 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Events depicted include:
747-SCA N905NA/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test 1 take-off on August 12, 1977.
747-SCA N905NA/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test 4 rollout and take-off on October 12, 1977.
747-SCA N905NA/Columbia delivery take-off on March 20, 1979.
747-SCA N905NA/Challenger static and departure take-off on July 4, 1982.
747-SCA N911NA/Endeavor delivery take-off from Palmdale on May 2, 1991.
747-SCA N905NA/Columbia landing at Palmdale on September 25, 1999.
747-SCA N905NA/Discovery take-off on November 2, 2000.
747-SCA N905NA/Discovery take-off on August 19, 2005.
747-SCA N905NA/Atlantis take-off on July 1, 2007.
747-SCA N911NA/Endeavor take-off on December 10, 2008.
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