Space ShuttlesThe Space Shuttle Endeavour concludes mission STS-49 at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards,...Technicians begin the task of mounting the Space Shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (NASA #911) for the...Technicians begin the task of mounting the Space Shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.At NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, CA, technicians begin the task of mounting...A close-up, front view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) as technicians prepare the orbiter for...The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis gives the "all's well" thumb's-up sign after leaving the 100-ton orbiter following their...The STS-29 Space Shuttle Discovery mission approaches for a landing at NASA's then Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, early...The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to being Mission STS-26...NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on the lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert Tuesday,...The Space Shuttle Discovery rides atop "905," NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, on its delivery flight from California to the...Sally Ride (third from left), the first American woman to go into space, and her fellow astronauts on space shuttle...The Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger atop NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA 905, after leaving the Dryden Flight...President Ronald Reagan acknowledges the cheers of thousands of flag-waving spectators gathered in front of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise...President Ronald Reagan chats with NASA astronauts Henry Hartsfield and Thomas Mattingly on the runway as first lady Nancy Reagan...An estimated 45,000 visitors jammed the back ramp and taxiways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on July 4, 1982...The Space Shuttle Enterprise, the nation's prototype space shuttle orbiter, before departing NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.President Ronald Reagan addresses more than 45,000 people gathered on the back ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center following...This aerial photo shows the large crowd of people and vehicles that assembled to watch the landing of STS-4 at...With Space Shuttle Columbia mounted firmly atop, NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 kicks up clouds of gypsum...Both a fixed Stiffleg Derrick and a large mobile crane were used to hoist Space Shuttle Columbia into the air...Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on the gypsum surface of Northrup Strip at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range...The Space Shuttle Columbia can be seen in the post-flight processing facility known as the MDD (Mate-Demate Device) at NASA's...The Space Shuttle Columbia received post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD), after its first landing at NASA's Dryden Flight...Actor Clint Eastwood and DFRC Center Director Ike Gillam pose near the Space Shuttle Columbia in the MDD (Mate-Demate Device)...After completing its first orbital mission with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base on April 14, 1981, Space Shuttle...NASA's specially modified 747 with the Space Shuttle Columbia atop takes off to ferry the Shuttle back to Kennedy Space...The Antelope Valley Inn in Lancaster, CA, celebrates the Space Shuttle Columbia's first landing at nearby Edwards AFB on April...The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on...The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on...Large crowds gathered on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB to see the first landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia,...The Space Shuttle Columbia glides down over Rogers Dry Lake as it heads for a landing at Edwards Air Force...The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on lakebed runway 23 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to conclude the first...The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on...The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on...The Space Shuttle Columbia on Rogers Dry lakebed at Edwards AFB after landing to complete its first orbital mission on...Tire tracks left in Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, CA, show where the Space Shuttle Columbia successfully touched down...After six years of silence, the thunder of manned space flight was heard again on April 12, 1981 as Space...The Space Shuttle Columbia began a new era of manned spaceflight when it lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center...A remote camera at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A captured the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on its...The Space Shuttle Columbia rises off Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, in the early morning of...
