NASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Pal

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

09.23.2009

Courtesy Photo

NASA

NASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 1, 2001. A half hour behind Columbia's takeoff, the shuttle Atlantis departed the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, also bound for Kennedy Space Center.

NASA Identifier: NIX-EC01-0055-1

• Date Taken: 09.23.2009
• Date Posted: 10.10.2012 16:00
• Photo ID: 706542
• Resolution: 1536x1408
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• Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US