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NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour. The Lego ...
bleedingcool

Blast Off with LEGO's NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise & Boeing 747 Set

The Boeing 747 and NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise formed an iconic partnership in aerospace history. NASA modified a Boeing 747 into the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), which was specially designed ...
LAist

A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Columbia Memorial Space Center in ...
Jalopnik

Why NASA Picked A Boeing 747 To Piggyback The Space Shuttle

The Boeing 747 has taken many forms in its decades of service. First introduced in 1970, the Queen of the Skies has flown for airlines all over the world. It has also had a handful of side gigs over ...