NASA Photo ID: S91-36409           File Name: 10065099.jpg
  Film Type: 120mm                   Date Taken: 05/09/91
  Title: Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, atop SCA NASA 911 at Ellington Field
  Description:
  Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) 
  NASA 911, a modified Boeing 747, is parked on an Ellington Field runway 
  during a stopover on its way to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).  A ground 
  crew member, at the top of a mobile stairway, prepares to open NASA 911's 
  hatch to welcome the flight crew to Houston.  Others on the runway look up 
  at the massive aircraft carrying the newest addition to the Space Shuttle 
  fleet.  This view is a good profile of SCA/OV-105 and shows the orbiter/ 
  aircraft attach points.  The spacecraft and aircraft-tandem left Houston 
  later on this day and headed for another stop in Mississippi before landing 
  in Florida on 05-07-91.  Ellington Field is near JSC.            
  
  Subject terms:
  AIRPORTS                                
  BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT                     
  CEREMONIES                              
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  RUNWAYS                                 
  STAIRWAYS                               
  

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