Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, left NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted securely atop one of NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, left NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California at sunrise on Friday, June 28, nine days after concluding mission STS-111 to the International Space Station with a landing at Edwards.
Shuttle Crew: Commander Kenneth Cockrell, Pilot Paul Lockhart, and Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin.June 28, 2002NASA / Photo Jim Ross