Discovery made its last flight Tuesday (April 17), riding on the back of a modified 747 jet from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Washington, D.C., where it will soon take up residence at ...

Unfortunately, it's not quite as simple setting up the piggyback to begin with. At the Kennedy Space Center, NASA employs the Mate-Demate Device (MDD). It's a $1.7 million structure consisting of ...

Space shuttle Discovery was mated atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, on Sunday, April 15, 2012 for the spacecraft’s upcoming ferry flight to the Smithsonian.

Space Shuttle Discovery was hoisted by a giant crane and mounted on a Boeing 747 Sunday for its last ever journey - a piggyback ride to Washington where it will go on display at the Smithsonian ...

For shuttle Endeavour, now sitting piggyback atop the space agency's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), its next and final mission is to become a museum exhibit.

Crews work on the NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at Space Center Houston, Monday, May 19, 2014, in Houston. The specially modified 747 that was used for three decades will anchor a new $12 million ...

Mission Accomplished! 747-Space Shuttle Exhibit Launches in Houston Fireworks mark the opening of Independence Plaza, Space Center Houston's new $12 million attraction, on Jan. 23, 2016.

The specialized 747 that transported space shuttle orbiters cross-country for years, has finally arrived at its permanent home at Space Center Houston on Nasa Parkway in the Clear Lake area.