Space ShuttlesA happy "thumbs up" from the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center officials heralded...A lone desert Joshua tree greeted the arrival of Space Shuttle Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 1,...NASA's space shuttle Atlantis and its 747 carrier taxied on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline as the unusual combination...NASA's space shuttle Atlantis and its 747 carrier taxied on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline as the unusual combination...The Space Shuttle Atlantis is centered in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California....The crew of STS-98 poses for a group photo shortly before leaving NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center after a successful...Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at 12:33 p.m. February 20, 2001, on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where...The five crew members of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-98 mission depart NASA Dryden to return to the...Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at 12:33 p.m. February 20, 2001, on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where...Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at 12:33 p.m. February 20, 2001, on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where...Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at 12:33 p.m. February 20 on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where NASA's...L to R: STS-98 Mission Specialist Thomas Jones, Pilot Mark Polansky, and Commander Kenneth Cockrell greet STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy,...The early-morning Sun bathes the Space Shuttle Discovery in hues of purple, pink and gold as it is encased in...The early-morning Sun bathes the Space Shuttle Discovery in hues of purple, pink and gold as it is encased in...The Space Shuttle Discovery is centered in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California....The early-morning Sun provides a golden backdrop to the Space Shuttle Discovery encased in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASA’s...Moonrise over Atlantis: the Space Shuttle Atlantis receives post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), following its landing at NASA's...The Space Shuttle Atlantis receives post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), following its landing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research...Moonrise over Atlantis following the STS-76 dawn landing at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, on 31 March 1996.Moonrise over Atlantis: the Space Shuttle Atlantis receives post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), following its landing at NASA's...A night view of the orbiter Atlantis being loaded onto one of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at...The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on the runway at Edwards, CA. on 31 March 1996 after completing the highly...The space shuttle Atlantis touches down on the runway at Edwards, California, at approximately 5:29 a.m. Pacific Standard Time after...The Space Shuttle Atlantis prepares to touch down on the runway at Edwards, CA. after completing the highly successful STS-76...The space shuttle Endeavour slips to a smooth landing on runway 22 at Edwards, California, to complete the highly successful...The space shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) during takeoff for a return ferry flight to the...The Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches runway 22 at Edwards, CA, to complete the STS-66 mission dedicated to the third flight...The space shuttle Atlantis lands with its drag chute deployed on runway 22 at Edwards, California, to complete the STS-66...The Space Shuttle Endeavour receives a high-flying salute from its sister shuttle, Columbia, atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, shortly after...The Space Shuttle Endeavour receives a high-flying salute from its sister shuttle, Columbia, atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, shortly after...The Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), taking off for the Kennedy Space Center shortly after...The Space Shuttle Endeavour being loaded onto NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at the Ames-Dryden Flight...The shuttle Endeavour comes in for a landing on runway 22 at Edwards, CA, to complete the highly successful STS-68...A drag chute slows the shuttle Endeavour after landing on runway 22 at Edwards, CA, to complete the highly successful...The Space Shuttle Endeavour glides to a landing on runway 22 at Edwards, CA, to complete the highly successful STS-68...The Space Shuttle Discovery settles to the main runway at Edwards, CA to conclude mission STS-64.The Space Shuttle Endeavour rests atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at the Ames-Dryden Flight Research...NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 911, with the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour securely mounted atop its fuselage, taxies to...NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 911, with the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour securely mounted atop its fuselage, begins the...The Space Shuttle Endeavour concludes mission STS-49 at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards,...