Category:Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

**Shuttle Carrier Aircraft**
	Boeing 747s adapted to carry Space Shuttle orbiters
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Instance of	aircraft type;
Subclass of	Boeing 747;
Country of origin	United States;
Has use	outsize cargo transport;
Operator	National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Has part(s)	NASA 905; NASA 911;
Manufacturer	Boeing Commercial Airplanes;
Developer	Boeing;
Service entry	January 1977;
Service retirement	December 2012;
Inception	18 July 1974;
Powered by	JT9D-7J (4);
Mass	322,050 kg (maximum takeoff weight);
Length	70.71 m;
Height	19.34 m;
Speed	360 kn (7,925 m, maximum speed of aircraft);
Wingspan	59.68 m;
Maximum capacity	2 human (aircraft pilot); 2 human (flight engineer);
Total produced	2;
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English: The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), operated by NASA transported Space Shuttles between locations on the ground.

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This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft by location (4 C)
Videos of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (7 F)

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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

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The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total.

112209mcd010 Curatorial Collection Image - Model, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Boeing 747-100 transporting Space Shuttle Columbia orbiter; American Airlines livery (pre-1983) on 747; Markings- NASA, 905; Scale- 1-200; (53898051050).jpg 800 × 520; 121 KB
At the Intrepid Museum 2023 067.jpg 6,960 × 4,640; 9.46 MB
Boeing 747 ISS silhouette.svg 1,000 × 636; 6 KB
Crowds thronged around NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and an Air Force B-1B Lancer at the Edwards Air Force Base open house Oct 28-29, 2006 (ED06-0202-076).jpg 3,000 × 1,993; 3.61 MB
Edw-081013-03-dryden-12.jpg 1,200 × 900; 385 KB
Florida by Piotrus 122.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.66 MB
Mark Burton and Russell Wazniak attach the forward mount fixture to Shuttle Endeavour for mounting the orbiter to the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (ED08-0306-51).jpg 3,000 × 2,392; 3.12 MB
McMurtryNASANIGHTS.jpg 1,080 × 1,040; 378 KB
Modification Description for the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (7292988104).jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 983 KB
NASA's two Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft form the backdrop as pilot Dick Ewers banks NASA F-A-18 -845 low over Rogers Dry Lake to end a research flight (ED07-0090-06).jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 3.67 MB
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft diagram.gif 3,030 × 2,606; 143 KB
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft diagram.svg 585 × 504; 139 KB
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft DVIDS846201.jpg 3,000 × 1,993; 375 KB
Shuttle mounting point.JPG 925 × 771; 42 KB
The NASA Dryden 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crew poses in an engine inlet (EC00-0032-2).jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 7.84 MB
The sun begins to break through the clouds over NASA's two 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on the NASA Dryden ramp after a rain shower in February 2001 (EC01-0032-02).jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 5.5 MB

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