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Todd Viddle, APU advanced systems technician; Robert ‘Skip’ Garrett, main propulsion advanced systems technician; and Dan McGrath, main propulsion systems engineer technician, remove a servicing unit from the Space Shuttle Discovery as part of its post-flight processing at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center.
The Space Shuttles receive post-flight servicing in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) following landings at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The gantry-like MDD structure is used for servicing the shuttle orbiters in preparation for their ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including mounting the shuttle atop NASA’s modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
August 12, 2005
NASA / Photo Tony Landis