Monday, September 21, 2009

Spectacular Videos of Shuttle Piggyback Flight

 
 

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via Universe Today by Nancy Atkinson on 9/21/09


With the shuttle retirement looming, you never know if or how often you're going to see this sight again. So enjoy these two videos of the shuttle hitching a piggyback ride back to Kennedy Space Center atop a modified 747. Space shuttle Discovery left Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sunday, Sept. 20 and arrived at KSC today, the 21st. Top, is the 747/shuttle landing at KSC (it gets good about 1:20 in) and below is really pretty footage of the duo getting ready to leave Edwards just at dawn, and the lighting is just plain gorgeous.
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