NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 climbs into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base April 10, 2012.
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NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 climbs into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base April 10, 2012. The modified Boeing 747 with its distinctive vertical stabilizer “ears” mounted on the horizontal tail and shuttle mounting brackets atop its fuselage will ferry the retired space shuttle Discovery to its final home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Stephen S. Udvar-Hazy Center adjoining Dulles Airport in suburban Washington, D.C.April 10, 2012
NASA Photo / Tony Landis