NASA Photo ID: S91-36408           File Name: 10065098.jpg
  Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 05/09/91
  Title: Aerial view of Endeavour, OV-105, parked on Ellington Field runway
  Description:
  This aerial view looks down on Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, atop a
  Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) NASA 911, a modified Boeing 747, parked on
  an  Ellington Field runway.  The tail cone added to OV-105 to enhance the 
  aerodynamics of the spacecraft/aircraft transport system is clearly
  visible.   Ground transportation vehicles (cars, trucks) and a crowd
  surround OV-105 and  NASA 911.  Ceremonies were held during OV-105's brief
  stopover at Ellington  Field, near JSC.  The new space vehicle, sans SCA,
  was rolled out of  Rockwell's Palmdale facility on 04-25-91.  This again
  brings the total of  NASA Shuttles available for flight assignment to four. 
  The spacecraft and  aircraft-tandem left Houston later on this day headed
  for a stop in  Mississippi before landing in Florida on 05-07-91.  This
  photograph was taken  from a NASA T-38 aircraft by Sheri J. Dunnette of
  JSC's Image Sciences  Division (ISD).         
  
  Subject terms:
  AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY                      
  BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT                     
  CEREMONIES                              
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  

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