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live from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in

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Florida this is NASA shuttle operations

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where we're standing by for the arrival

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of the NASA Shuttle Carrier aircraft

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designated NASA 905 the SCA as it's

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known is enroute to Kennedy from Dryden

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Flight Research Center in California

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today it's a modified 747 jetliner

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modified to be able to carry a space

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shuttle on top and it's been utilized

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over many years for this function this

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however will be its final ferry flight

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as it arrives at Kennedy Space Center

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for the last time and is prepared to

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ferry space shuttle endeavour from

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Florida to the California Science Center

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via Los Angeles International Airport in

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California currently we're expecting

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landing at about 5:05 p.m. Eastern Time

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the Shuttle Carrier aircraft will be

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landing on Kennedy's Shuttle Landing

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Facility runway one-five which is the

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northwest to southeast runway beautiful

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weather conditions here in Florida

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despite a front moving through over the

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last several days bringing afternoon

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thundershowers today the weather has

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cooperated we have an entirely new

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weather pattern hopefully pretending

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good weather for the entire ferry

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operation and the operations to attach

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to the Shuttle Carrier aircraft once it

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arrives the Shuttle Carrier aircraft

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will be prepared for this operation it's

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pilots will undergo weather briefings

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and work with the team here at Kennedy

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Space Center to prepare the aircraft as

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well as Space Shuttle Endeavor the

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Shuttle Carrier aircraft is commanded by

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veteran NASA pilot Jeff Moultrie and his

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pilot flying with him is Bill Rickey

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it's an entirely veteran crew of NASA

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pilots who have been with NASA for many

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years training astronauts and flying a

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whole series of aircraft including the

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Shuttle Carrier aircraft also aboard the

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today our three flight engineers henry

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taylor gary ash and larry LaRose they'll

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set the aircraft down and taxi over to

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the mate demate device which is located

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here at the shuttle landing facility the

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operation that was put in place here at

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Kennedy Space Center and also at the

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Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards

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Air Force Base in California you can see

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it here in this picture it enables the

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large 747 to move underneath it which it

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will do on Friday what's going to happen

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after the Shuttle Carrier aircraft lands

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today and a whole series of operations

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begin on Friday morning at 5:00 space

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shuttle Endeavour will be rolled out of

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the Vehicle Assembly Building here at

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Kennedy Space Center and over the course

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of about an hour it will be brought to

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this location at the mate demate device

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there's a yellow sling that you can see

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in this picture that will be affixed to

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the orbiter to the Space Shuttle

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Endeavor and then the crane will lift

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endeavour up into the air to a height

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that will enable it to fit underneath or

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above actually the 747 Shuttle Carrier

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aircraft which will taxi in underneath

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it and over the course of the day on

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Friday with the operation expected to be

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completed by 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. we expect

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that Space Shuttle Endeavor will be soft

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mated to the top of the Shuttle Carrier

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aircraft and then on Saturday some

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finishing touches will be performed to

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hard made it on Sunday the Shuttle

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Carrier aircraft with endeavour on top

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will back out of the mate demate device

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and then be readied for the ferry flight

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to California which will begin at

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back in April of this year space shuttle

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ferry flight it flew to Dulles Airport

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in Washington and it was put atop NASA

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905 the same shuttle aircraft Shuttle

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Carrier aircraft and you can see the

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mating operation in this time-lapse

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video that we're looking at with the

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yellow sling going over top of discovery

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the workers busily preparing it and now

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there are four attach points for the

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the wheels are retracted landing gear is

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up and discovery is lifted into the air

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now the 747 Shuttle Carrier aircraft is

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brought into position carefully lined up

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it needs to match up with three attach

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points one in the front and two in the

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rear the same attach points that attach

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the space shuttles to the external tanks

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when they flew into space a soft meet

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and then the the work team will complete

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the operation of hard mating the Space

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Shuttle again this is space shuttle

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Discovery this was performed prior to

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Discovery's April 17th ferry flight to

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and now we see NASA 905 the Shuttle

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Carrier aircraft as it makes its

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approach to Kennedy Space Center in

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Florida where we'll land this afternoon

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on Shuttle Landing Facility runway

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once again Jeff Moultrie is at the

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command Bill Rickey is in the right seat

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and three flight engineers are all

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keeping an eye on systems it's a heavily

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modified Boeing 747 with unusual

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handling characteristics it takes a lot

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of experience to fly especially when a

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shuttle is mounted on top this is the

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same team

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predominantly that ferried space shuttle

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Discovery to Washington and Space

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Shuttle enterprise to JFK Airport in New

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NASA 905 took off from Edwards Air Force

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Base at 8:30 Pacific time today and has

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made a direct flight here to Kennedy

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the Shuttle Carrier aircraft has the

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three struts with associated interior

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structural strengthening to help

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facilitate carrying a shuttle on its

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back it also has two additional vertical

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stabilizers from a normal 747 one on

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each end of the standard horizontal

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all the seats and interior furnishings

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have been removed and it's an amazing

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landing gear are down

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as the 747 Shuttle Carrier aircraft

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makes a sweeping turn over the Space

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Coast of Florida again it's approaching

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from the northwest to the southeast and

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shuttle landing facility in preparation

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for NASA's final ferry flight of a space

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we're looking at a view from a camera

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mounted on the Vehicle Assembly Building

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and now we see a view from the runway

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and we have touchdown

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Shuttle Carrier aircraft returning to

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Kennedy Space Center for one final time

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it will perform this very flight across

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the country back to California and will

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then be flown to the Dryden Flight

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become a part of NASA's Sofia program no

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longer required for the space shuttle

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program you can see the struts mounted

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to which space shuttle Endeavour will be

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the ferry flight will be performed in

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whereas space shuttle Discovery flew

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directly to Washington DC and Space

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deliver Space Shuttle Endeavor to the

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California Science Center which actually

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owns endeavour and has some say in the

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matter and intends to have a welcome

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ceremony at Los Angeles International

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Airport on September 20th keeping that

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in mind NASA managers have determined

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that the ferry flight will begin weather

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permitting on the morning of Monday

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September 17th at sunrise this Shuttle

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will takeoff here from the Shuttle

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the Space Coast flying over Kennedy

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Patrick Air Force Base at additional

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areas of the Space Coast to show off the

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shuttle Endeavour one last time for the

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workforce and residence here of the

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Space Coast before flying back over the

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shuttle landing facility and waving

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that flyover of the Florida area as well

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as some additional flyovers on the ferry

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flight will all be performed at an

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altitude of about 1500 feet it's a

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spectacular sight to see this large 747

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with a space shuttle weighing 175

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thousand pounds itself mounted to the

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top after departing the Kennedy Space

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will fly to the west and makes low

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flyovers of the Stennis Space Center in

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Mississippi NASA's Michoud assembly

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facility in New Orleans and then it will

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head to Houston where it will conduct a

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flyover of the Johnson Space Center and

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of September 17th it will remain there

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just in case it will depart Houston take

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off for El Paso Texas refuel at Biggs

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Army Airfield and then take off for

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arrive there midday and then on the

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morning of September 20th it will take

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off and again conduct a very low flyover

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at 1,500 feet of several areas of

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and San Francisco and then it will fly

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to the Los Angeles area fly over a

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number of landmarks there before landing

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so a big week in store for the Shuttle

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and the crew and the workforce here at

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Kennedy Space Center and this is the

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first step with the arrival of the

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Shuttle Carrier aircraft here to the

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NASA space shuttles are being moved to

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locations around the country for a next

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generation of explorers to view and to

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gain inspiration from and to learn about

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the history of the shuttles discovery is

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at the udvar-hazy center part of the

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Smithsonian's National Air and Space

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Museum it's the annex at Dulles Airport

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in Washington DC Enterprise was the

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prototype Space Shuttle it performed the

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approach and landing tests in 1977 that

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were precursor to the orbital flights

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and really established the fact that the

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shuttle could land as a glider and this

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particular aircraft that you're looking

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at right now NASA 905 was the Shuttle

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Carrier aircraft that carried enterprise

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on those approach and landing tests way

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back in 1977 and we'll be performing the

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final fairy flight of the space shuttle

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program endeavour of course will be

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going to the California Science Center

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in Los Angeles and space shuttle

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November 2nd it will roll from Kennedy

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aircraft will it will be placed on a

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location on the apron where at this very

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moment a team of NASA and its

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contractors is erecting a series of

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cranes and wind restraints to manually

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that has been performed only twice in

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recent history and only once in past

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history and that was at Dulles and a

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to offload shuttles discovery and

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enterprise so the team is in California

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right now at Los Angeles International

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building up this elaborate system of

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cranes and wind restraints that performs

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the same function as the mate demate

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device that you looked at a few moments

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ago it's a very slow process and a very

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careful process to safely remove the

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shuttle from the top of the Shuttle

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Carrier aircraft and once that operation

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is complete the two aircraft will go

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their separate ways the Shuttle Carrier

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aircraft NASA 905 will go back to Dryden

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brought and transported towed basically

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through the city streets of Englewood in

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Los Angeles California on a 12 mile trek

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from LAX Airport to the California

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there also will be a large ceremony in a

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ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 30th

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at the California Science Center to open

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up the Samuel ocean space shuttle

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Endeavour display pavilion that will

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the flight crew aboard the shuttle

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carrier aircraft is making final

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your work is pretty much done for the

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day they will remain here at Kennedy

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Space Center and perform some work on

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the aircraft and preparation for the

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ferry flight which again will begin on

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Monday and for the mating operation that

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NASA 905 was one of two Shuttle Carrier

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aircraft that NASA operated over the

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course of the 30 years space shuttle

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program NASA 911 was retired recently

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and it too is no longer needed for the

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space shuttle program it is serving

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the Shuttle Carrier aircraft performed a

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number of ferry operations over the

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years when space shuttles were diverted

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to an alternate landing facility or

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early on when the shuttles were landing

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intentionally at Edwards Air Force Base

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and then flown back to Kennedy Space

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the Shuttle Carrier aircraft the

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modified 747 has four pratt & whitney

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gas turbine engines each producing

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with the space shuttle attached the

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cruising at an altitude of about 13 to

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15 thousand feet much lower than a

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and when there is a shuttle attached it

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typically can go about a thousand miles

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the aircraft holds a little bit more

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the ferry flight there's a meticulously

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planned operation that involves a team

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of NASA managers space shuttle program

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transition and retirement personnel

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whether officers safety personnel to

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ensure that every leg of it is performed

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safely there will be some reviews

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conducted over the next several days to

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review the weather and the progress of

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the mating operation before a go is

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given for the ferry flight on Monday

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morning again that flight if if all goes

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well is scheduled just after sunrise or

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in order to ensure that endeavour

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arrives at Los Angeles International

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Airport on the prescribed day of

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September 20th we'll begin the ferry

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flight on on Monday and then there will

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be a weather contingency day spent in

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Houston on Tuesday September 18th again

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the shuttle carrier aircraft and

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perform a flyover of the Space Coast

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area head to the west and flyover areas

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in Mississippi and Louisiana before

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flying over areas of Houston and landing

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there at ellington Field where it will

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remain on the ground for the duration of

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the 17th an all day on the 18th and then

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take off on the morning of the 19th

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westbound towards El Paso Texas it will

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take on fuel in El Paso and fly over

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white sands test facility and then head

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towards Edwards Air Force Base and the

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Dryden Flight Research Center throughout

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the ferry flight NASA social media

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followers can follow hashtags pound ovie

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105 and pound spot the shuttle it will

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be quite exciting to see the amount of

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people posting pictures and sending

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pictures as the shuttle conducts its

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ferry flight across the United States

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and the door is open enabling the crew

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to complete its mission of the day again

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they departed Edwards Air Force Base at

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8:30 a.m. Pacific time Shuttle Carrier

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aircraft commander Jeff Moultrie pilot

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Bill Ricky and flight engineers henry

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again they'll be remaining here at

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Kennedy Space Center in the area for the

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next several days taking care of their

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aircraft and preparing it for the ferry

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flight while the workforce at Kennedy

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which has been processing Space Shuttle

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and preparing it for this will perform

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the maid operation at the mate demate

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now we see the flight crew coming out of

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NASA 905 out of the Shuttle Carrier

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aircraft again this is an experienced

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group of pilots that has flown with NASA

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for many many years in many capacities

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including training our astronauts they

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fly a variety of aircraft from the t-38

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high-performance Jets to this massive

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747 professional pilots and this will be

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their last space shuttle program ferry

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flight so with that we'll wrap up

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coverage and remind you that at 6:45

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a.m. on Monday September 17th NASA

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television will begin coverage of

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endeavours departure which is scheduled

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for sunrise or right about 7:15 a.m.

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Eastern Time and between now and then

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the mate demate the mating operation

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will take place at the mate demate

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device and if there are any changes to

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these plans we will of course update the

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NASA web so you can keep track of