Posts Tagged ‘SCA’

Endeavour arrives at Pad 39A – Atlantis heading to Biggs, Texas on Monday

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

The high tempo pace of shuttle processing continues through the weekend and earlier into next week, with Atlantis’ departure from California on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) set for Monday and Endeavour’s pad swap on Sunday morning. Endeavour will be arriving at a Pad 39A that has undergone several repairs, following damage sustained during [...]

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Endeavour’s cross country ferry trip moved to at least Wednesday

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Engineers are continuing to prepare Endeavour for her trip back to Florida, with the installation of an aerodynamic tailcone to the aft of the orbiter, and preparations to mate her on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). Problems with the installation of the tailcone has delayed depature by at least a day, according to [...]

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