NASA Space Shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, Calif., to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on March 1, 2001.
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NASA Space Shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, Calif., to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on March 1, 2001.
A half hour behind Columbia’s takeoff, the shuttle Atlantis departed the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif., also bound for Kennedy Space Center.March 1, 2001NASA Photo / Jim Ross› SCA Project Description