File:STS-126 Endeavour atop carrier aircraft.jpg

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Description	English: The Space Shuttle Endeavour atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base on the first leg of its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Centre just after sunrise on Dec. 10, 2008. Français : La navette spatiale américaine Endeavour sur un avion de transport Boeing 747 décolle de la base Edwards de l'US Air Force pour la première étape de son convoyage de retour pour le centre spacial Kennedy, juste après le lever du soleil le 10 décembre 2008.
Date	10 December 2008
Source	http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/STS-126/HTML/ED08-0306-114.html ( direct link)
Author	NASA/Tom Tschida
Permission ( Reusing this file)	Public domain

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