Shuttle Mate/Demate Device

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Large gantry used to install Space Shuttle Orbiters atop the 747 transport aircraft for flight back to Kennedy Space Center. There is a similar device at Kennedy and another at the Plant 42 Complex in Palmdale, where the shuttles were built.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft

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Coordinates: 34°57'30"N 117°53'1"W

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