Title

Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, USA. The MDD, a special gantry, is used for post-flight servicing of Space Shuttle Orbiters. The MDD lifts the orbiter and places it on special mounts on top of the Boeing 747 fuselage.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM19F02_380

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No

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Rights managed

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65,1Mb (1,5Mb) / 18,1in x 14,0in / 5417 x 4199 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation space space shuttle color aircraft maintenance location Boeing 747 spacecraft space exploration space travel air Transport Colour servicing gantry Edwards Air Force Base Jumbo Jet photograph NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Heritage Space air force base Dryden Flight Research Center Mate-Demate Device MDD photograph