Endeavour/747 Makes Refueling Stop
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:02:41 PM GMT+0100
at Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas
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Endeavour/747 Makes Refueling Stop
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:02:41 PM GMT+0100
at Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, Texas
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Shuttle Ferry Flight Lands in Texas for Overnight Stop
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:45:08 PM GMT+0100
Endeavour's Landing Planned for Friday
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:40:44 PM GMT+0100
Shuttle Cleared for Final Leg of Flight
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:37:20 PM GMT+0100
Endeavour Touches Down in Florida
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:21:04 PM GMT+0100
Space shuttle Endeavour and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft shimmered in the Florida sun Friday afternoon as the shuttle returned to its home spaceport at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Atlantic coast. The modified 747 provided the muscle to lift and fly Endeavour from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to Kennedy. The ferry flight began Wednesday and made overnight stops in Texas and Louisiana on its way to Florida.
The 747 touched down at 2:44 p.m. EST on the Shuttle Landing Facility’s runway 33. The 3-mile-long runway is the same one used by shuttles when they return from space. Endeavour will be taken to the gantry-like Mate-Demate Device to be removed from the top of the 747. Then Endeavour will be towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility where it will be readied for a future flight.
Endeavour, flying STS-126, landed at Edwards on Nov. 30 because weather conditions at Kennedy were not acceptable.