CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to push NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, from beneath the platforms of the mate-demate device. Space shuttle Endeavour has been secured atop the aircraft 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