NASA Photo ID: S90-55294 File Name: 10063985.jpg
Film Type: 120mm Date Taken: 12/21/90
Title: Air-to-air view of Columbia, OV-102, atop SCA NASA 905 flying over JSC site
Description:
Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, mounted piggyback atop Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA) NASA 905 is captured in this air-to-air view as it flies
over the JSC site. The OV-102/SCA combination were en route to Florida
from California following the successful STS-35 mission. Almost the
entire 1625-acre site of JSC is visible below and in the background, along
with a number of businesses and residences in the nearby municipality of
Nassau Bay. This flyover photo was taken by NASA JSC Image Sciences
Division (ISD) photographer Clarence P. Stanley who was a passenger in a
T-38 jet aircraft.
Subject terms:
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT
COLUMBIA (ORBITER)
HOUSTON (TX)
STS-35
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