CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the sun rises at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is detached from the mate-demate device. The shuttle has been secured atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, for its upcoming ferry flight. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era. For more information on the shuttles' transition and retirement, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date September 16, 2012