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Keywords: Discovery Atop 747 Over The Mojave (EC05-0166-40) DVIDS724327.jpg en NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Discovery on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida The cross-country journey will take two days with stops at several intermediate points for refueling Space shuttle Discovery landed safely at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 5 11 22 a m PDT August 9 2005 following the very successful 14-day STS-114 return to flight mission During their two weeks in space Commander Eileen Collins and her six crewmates tested out new safety procedures and delivered supplies and equipment the International Space Station Discovery spent two weeks in space where the crew demonstrated new methods to inspect and repair the Shuttle in orbit The crew also delivered supplies outfitted and performed maintenance on the International Space Station A number of these tasks were conducted during three spacewalks In an unprecedented event spacewalkers were called upon to remove protruding gap fillers from the heat shield on Discovery's underbelly In other spacewalk activities astronauts installed an external platform onto the Station's Quest Airlock and replaced one of the orbital outpost's Control Moment Gyroscopes Inside the Station the STS-114 crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition 11 crew They unloaded fresh supplies from the Shuttle and the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Before Discovery undocked the crews filled Raffeallo with unneeded items and returned to Shuttle payload bay Discovery launched on July 26 and spent almost 14 days on orbit NASA Identifier nasahqphoto-6841309022 2012-06-15 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/724327 724327 2012-10-15 17 23 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Edwards Air Force Base Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Space Shuttle Discovery
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