Astronomy:List of Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flights

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A 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying the space shuttle Atlantis taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on 1 July 2007
Silhouettes listing the number of ferry and free flights of the various Orbiters and the Phantom Ray on the port side of one of the SCAs

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferry flights generally originated at Edwards Air Force Base in California or on one occasion White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico following missions which landed there, especially in the early days of the Space Shuttle program or when weather at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at Kennedy Space Center prevented ending missions there. Flights generally ended at the SLF. A number of flights began at Armstrong Flight Research Center following delivery of the orbiter from Rockwell International to NASA from the nearby facilities in Palmdale, California.[1][2]

Ferry Flights

  • November 15, 1977 Enterprise, ferry flight test started and ended at the Armstrong Flight Research Center, lasted 3 hours, 21 minutes
  • November 16, 1977 Enterprise, ferry flight test started and ended at the Armstrong Flight Research Center, lasted 4 hours, 17 minutes
  • November 17, 1977 Enterprise, ferry flight test started and ended at the Armstrong Flight Research Center, lasted 4 hours, 13 minutes
  • November 18, 1977 Enterprise, ferry flight test started and ended at the Armstrong Flight Research Center, lasted 3 hours, 37 minutes
  • December 9, 1977 Enterprise, approach and landing flight tests Armstrong Flight Research Center, lasted 3 hours, 37 minutes
  • March 10–13, 1978 Enterprise, ferry flight from Armstrong Flight Research Center to Marshall Space Flight Center (via Ellington Air Force Base ) for vertical ground vibration tests at MSFC.
  • April 10, 1979 Enterprise, ferry flight from Marshall Space Flight Center to Kennedy Space Center following vertical ground vibration tests at MSFC.
  • August 10–16, 1979 Enterprise transported from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Armstrong Flight Research Center in California (via Atlanta, St. Louis, Tulsa, Denver, Hill Air Force Base Utah, Vandenberg Air Force Base ) following static tests at KSC
Spectators observe the arrival of the Space Shuttle Enterprise and its modified 747 transport aircraft at Cologne Bonn Airport, May 20, 1983.
  • May 16-June 12, 1983 Enterprise, tour of the United States, Canada and Europe. From Edwards Air Force Base to Peterson Air Force Base , McConnell Air Force Base , Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, CFB Goose Bay, Keflavik Naval Air Station, RAF Fairford (20 May), Cologne Bonn Airport, Paris Air Show (arrived 24 May), Ciampino Airport, Stansted Airport, Ottawa International Airport, Scott Air Force Base and Sheppard Air Force Base .[3][4]
  • March 22–29, 1984 Enterprise, ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base to Brookley Air Force Base (via Vandenberg Air Force Base) for overland and barge transport to the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.
  • November 10–13, 1984 Enterprise, ferry flight from Brookley Air Force Base to Edwards Air Force Base (via Kansas City) following the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition.
  • November 10–13, 1984 Enterprise, ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base to Vandenberg Air Force Base
Longest leg SZL-PMD (1200NM), average leg 690NM
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flights excluding Enterprise[5]
# Mission SCA Orbiter Leg count Date Leg
1 Delivery to KSC 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 20/03/1979 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
22/03/1979 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
23/03/1979 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
24/03/1979 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
2 STS-1 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 27/04/1981 Edwards AFB - Tinker Air Force Base
28/04/1981 Tinker Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
3 STS-2 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 24/11/1981 Edwards AFB - Bergstrom Air Force Base
25/11/1981 Bergstrom Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
4 STS-3 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 06/04/1982 White Sands Space Harbor - Barksdale Air Force Base
06/04/1982 Barksdale Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
5 Delivery to KSC 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 04/07/1982 Edwards AFB - Ellington Field
05/07/1982 Ellington Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
6 STS-4 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 14/07/1982 Edwards AFB - Dyess Air Force Base
15/07/1982 Dyess Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
7 STS-5 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 21/11/1982 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
22/11/1982 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
8 STS-6 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 14/04/1983 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
14/04/1983 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
9 STS-7 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 28/06/1983 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
29/06/1983 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
10 STS-8 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 09/09/1983 Edwards AFB - Sheppard Air Force Base
09/09/1983 Sheppard Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
11 Delivery to KSC 905 Discovery (OV-103) 3 06/11/1983 Edwards AFB - Vandenberg Air Force Base
08/11/1983 Vandenberg Air Force Base - Carswell Air Force Base
09/11/1983 Carswell Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
12 STS-9 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 14/12/1983 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
14/12/1983 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
15/12/1983 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
15/12/1983 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
13 Mods 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 26/01/1984 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Kelly Field
27/01/1984 Kelly Field - Edwards AFB
14 STS-41C 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 17/04/1984 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
18/04/1984 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
15 STS-41D 905 Discovery (OV-103) 2 09/09/1984 Edwards AFB - Altus Air Force Base
10/09/1984 Altus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
16 Delivery to KSC 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 2 12/04/1985 Edwards AFB - Ellington Field
13/04/1985 Ellington Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
17 STS-51-B 905 Challenger (OV-099) 2 10/05/1985 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
11/05/1985 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
18 STS-51-G 905 Discovery (OV-103) 2 28/06/1985 Edwards AFB - Bergstrom Air Force Base
28/06/1985 Bergstrom Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
19 Mods 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 14/07/1985 Edwards AFB - Offutt Air Force Base
14/07/1985 Offutt Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
20 STS-51-F 905 Challenger (OV-099) 4 10/08/1985 Edwards AFB - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
10/08/1985 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Kelly Field
11/08/1985 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
11/08/1985 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
21 STS-51-I 905 Discovery (OV-103) 2 07/09/1985 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
08/09/1985 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
22 STS-51-J 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 2 11/10/1985 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
11/10/1985 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
23 STS-61-A 905 Challenger (OV-099) 4 10/11/1985 Edwards AFB - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
10/11/1985 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Kelly Field
11/11/1985 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
11/11/1985 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
24 STS-61-B 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 2 07/12/1985 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
07/12/1985 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
25 STS-61-C 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 22/01/1986 Edwards AFB - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
22/01/1986 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Kelly Field
23/01/1986 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
23/01/1986 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
26 STS-26 905 Discovery (OV-103) 2 08/10/1988 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
08/10/1988 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
27 STS-27 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 3 11/12/1988 Edwards AFB - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
12/12/1988 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Kelly Field
13/12/1988 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
28 STS-29 905 Discovery (OV-103) 2 23/03/1989 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
24/03/1989 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
29 STS-30 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 13/05/1989 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
15/05/1989 Biggs Army Airfield - Dallas Fort Worth
15/05/1989 Dallas Fort Worth - Robins Air Force Base
15/05/1989 Robins Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
30 STS-28 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 18/08/1989 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
20/08/1989 Edwards AFB - Sheppard Air Force Base
20/08/1989 Sheppard Air Force Base - Robins Air Force Base
21/08/1989 Robins Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
31 STS-34 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 3 28/10/1989 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
28/10/1989 Biggs Army Airfield - Columbus Air Force Base
29/10/1989 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
32 STS-33 905 Discovery (OV-103) 4 02/12/1989 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
03/12/1989 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
03/12/1989 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
04/12/1989 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
33 STS-32 905 Columbia (OV-102) 3 25/01/1990 Edwards AFB - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
25/01/1990 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Kelly Field
26/01/1990 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
34 STS-36 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 10/03/1990 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
11/03/1990 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
13/03/1990 Biggs Army Airfield - Columbus Air Force Base
13/03/1990 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
35 STS-31 905 Discovery (OV-103) 3 05/05/1990 Edwards AFB - Sheppard Air Force Base
06/05/1990 Sheppard Air Force Base - Robins Air Force Base
07/05/1990 Robins Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
36 STS-41 905 Discovery (OV-103) 3 15/10/1990 Edwards AFB - Sheppard Air Force Base
15/10/1990 Sheppard Air Force Base - Eglin Air Force Base
16/10/1990 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
37 STS-35 905 Columbia (OV-102) 5 16/12/1990 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
18/12/1990 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
18/12/1990 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
19/12/1990 Kelly Field - Barksdale Air Force Base
21/12/1990 Barksdale Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
38 STS-37 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 16/04/1991 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
16/04/1991 Kelly Field - Columbus Air Force Base
17/04/1991 Columbus Air Force Base - MacDill Air Force Base
18/04/1991 MacDill Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
39 Delivery to KSC 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 6 02/05/1991 United States Air Force Plant 42 - United States Air Force Plant 42
03/05/1991 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Biggs Army Airfield
05/05/1991 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
06/05/1991 Kelly Field - Ellington Field
06/05/1991 Ellington Field - Columbus Air Force Base
07/05/1991 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
40 STS-40 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 19/06/1991 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
20/06/1991 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
20/06/1991 Kelly Field - Columbus Air Force Base
21/06/1991 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
41 OMDP 911 Columbia (OV-102) 4 09/08/1991 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
10/08/1991 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - MacDill Air Force Base
12/08/1991 MacDill Air Force Base - Kelly Field
13/08/1991 Kelly Field - United States Air Force Plant 42
42 STS-48 911 Discovery (OV-103) 4 24/09/1991 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
24/09/1991 Biggs Army Airfield - Tinker Air Force Base
25/09/1991 Tinker Air Force Base - Columbus Air Force Base
26/09/1991 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
43 STS-44 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 2 07/12/1991 Edwards AFB - Sheppard Air Force Base
08/12/1991 Sheppard Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
44 OMDP 905 Columbia (OV-102) 3 07/02/1992 United States Air Force Plant 42 - United States Air Force Plant 42
09/02/1992 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Kelly Field
09/02/1992 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
45 STS-42 905 Discovery (OV-103) 5 11/02/1992 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
14/02/1992 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
15/02/1992 Biggs Army Airfield - Columbus Air Force Base
16/02/1992 Kelly Field - Columbus Air Force Base
16/02/1992 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
46 STS-49 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 4 21/05/1992 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
27/05/1992 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
29/05/1992 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
30/05/1992 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
47 OMDP 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 3 18/10/1992 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Gregg County
18/10/1992 Gregg County - Biggs Army Airfield
18/10/1992 Biggs Army Airfield - United States Air Force Plant 42
48 STS-53 911 Discovery (OV-103) 3 15/12/1992 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
18/12/1992 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
18/12/1992 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
49 STS-55 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 11/05/1993 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
12/05/1993 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
12/05/1993 Kelly Field - Columbus Air Force Base
14/05/1993 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
50 STS-58 911 Columbia (OV-102) 4 07/11/1993 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
07/11/1993 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
07/11/1993 Kelly Field - Columbus Air Force Base
08/11/1993 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
51 STS-59 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 4 26/04/1994 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
30/04/1994 Edwards AFB - El Paso
01/05/1994 El Paso - Little Rock Air Force Base
03/05/1994 Little Rock Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
52 OMDP 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 27/05/1994 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Biggs Army Airfield
28/05/1994 Biggs Army Airfield - Columbus Air Force Base
28/05/1994 Columbus Air Force Base - Robins Air Force Base
29/05/1994 Robins Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
53 STS-64 905 Discovery (OV-103) 2 26/09/1994 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
27/09/1994 Kelly Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
54 OMDP 905 Columbia (OV-102) 4 08/10/1994 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Huntsville
10/10/1994 Huntsville - Ellington Field
11/10/1994 Ellington Field - Biggs Army Airfield
11/10/1994 Biggs Army Airfield - United States Air Force Plant 42
55 STS-68 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 4 19/10/1994 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
19/10/1994 Biggs Army Airfield - Dyess Air Force Base
20/10/1994 Dyess Air Force Base - Eglin Air Force Base
20/10/1994 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
56 STS-66 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 3 21/11/1994 Edwards AFB - Kelly Field
21/11/1994 Kelly Field - Eglin Air Force Base
22/11/1994 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
57 STS-67 905 Endeavour (OV-105) 3 26/03/1995 Edwards AFB - Dyess Air Force Base
27/03/1995 Dyess Air Force Base - Columbus Air Force Base
27/03/1995 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
58 OMDP 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 11/04/1995 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Ellington Field
14/04/1995 Ellington Field - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
59 OMDP 905 Discovery (OV-103) 3 27/09/1995 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - NASJRB Fort Worth
27/09/1995 NASJRB Fort Worth - Salt Lake City
28/09/1995 Salt Lake City - United States Air Force Plant 42
60 STS-76 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 5 06/04/1996 Edwards AFB - Edwards AFB
11/04/1996 Edwards AFB - Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
11/04/1996 Davis–Monthan Air Force Base - Dyess Air Force Base
12/04/1996 Dyess Air Force Base - Eglin Air Force Base
12/04/1996 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
61 OMDP 911 Discovery (OV-103) 4 25/06/1996 United States Air Force Plant 42 - United States Air Force Plant 42
28/06/1996 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Altus Air Force Base
28/06/1996 Altus Air Force Base - Robins Air Force Base
29/06/1996 Robins Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
62 OMDP 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 2 30/07/1996 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Kelly Field
30/07/1996 Kelly Field - United States Air Force Plant 42
63 OMDP 905 Endeavour (OV-105) 4 25/03/1997 United States Air Force Plant 42 - United States Air Force Plant 42
26/03/1997 United States Air Force Plant 42 - NASJRB Fort Worth
26/03/1997 NASJRB Fort Worth - Robins Air Force Base
27/03/1997 Robins Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
64 OMDP 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 2 11/11/1997 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Tinker Air Force Base
14/11/1997 Tinker Air Force Base - United States Air Force Plant 42
65 OMDP 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 22/09/1998 United States Air Force Plant 42 - United States Air Force Plant 42
23/09/1998 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Robert Gray Army Airfield
23/09/1998 Robert Gray Army Airfield - Campbell Army Airfield
27/09/1998 Campbell Army Airfield - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
66 OMM 905 Columbia (OV-102) 2 24/09/1999 Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC - Whiteman Air Force Base
25/09/1999 Whiteman Air Force Base - United States Air Force Plant 42
67 STS-92 905 Discovery (OV-103) 3 02/11/2000 Edwards AFB - Altus Air Force Base
02/11/2000 Altus Air Force Base - Whiteman Air Force Base
03/11/2000 Whiteman Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
68 OMM 905 Columbia (OV-102) 3 01/03/2001 United States Air Force Plant 42 - Dyess Air Force Base
04/03/2001 Dyess Air Force Base - Cape Canaveral AFS
05/03/2001 Cape Canaveral AFS - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
69 STS-98 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 01/03/2001 Edwards AFB - Altus Air Force Base
03/03/2001 Altus Air Force Base - Barksdale Air Force Base
03/03/2001 Barksdale Air Force Base - Eglin Air Force Base
04/03/2001 Eglin Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
70 STS-100 905 Endeavour (OV-105) 3 08/05/2001 Edwards AFB - Altus Air Force Base
08/05/2001 Altus Air Force Base - Little Rock Air Force Base
09/05/2001 Little Rock Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
71 STS-111 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 3 28/06/2002 Edwards AFB - Altus Air Force Base
28/06/2002 Altus Air Force Base - Whiteman Air Force Base
29/06/2002 Whiteman Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
72 STS-114 905 Discovery (OV-103) 3 19/08/2005 Edwards AFB - Altus Air Force Base
19/08/2005 Altus Air Force Base - Barksdale Air Force Base
21/08/2005 Barksdale Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
73 STS-117 905 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 01/07/2007 Edwards AFB - Amarillo
01/07/2007 Amarillo - Offutt Air Force Base
02/07/2007 Offutt Air Force Base - Campbell Army Airfield
03/07/2007 Campbell Army Airfield - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
74 STS-126 911 Endeavour (OV-105) 4 10/12/2008 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
10/12/2008 Biggs Army Airfield - NASJRB Fort Worth
11/12/2008 NASJRB Fort Worth - Barksdale Air Force Base
12/12/2008 Barksdale Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
75 STS-125 911 Atlantis (OV-104) 4 01/06/2009 Edwards AFB - Biggs Army Airfield
02/06/2009 Biggs Army Airfield - Kelly Field
02/06/2009 Kelly Field - Columbus Air Force Base
02/06/2009 Columbus Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC
76 STS-128 911 Discovery (OV-103) 4 20/09/2009 Edwards AFB - Amarillo
20/09/2009 Amarillo - NASJRB Fort Worth
20/09/2009 NASJRB Fort Worth - Barksdale Air Force Base
21/09/2009 Barksdale Air Force Base - Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC

Other transportation methods

Overland

Space shuttle orbiters were constructed in Palmdale, California and transported overland to the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), a distance of 36 miles. The shuttle carrier aircraft was not used for this initial leg of the journey but was used to transport the orbiters to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Additionally the orbiters were routinely towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility to the Orbiter Processing Facility after landing at the Kennedy Space Center either after missions or after removal from the SCA.[1]

  • Enterprise January 31, 1977 (Palmdale to DFRC) for ferry flight to KSC
  • Columbia March 8, 1979 (Palmdale to DFRC) for ferry flight to KSC
  • Enterprise October 30, 1979 (DFRC to Palmdale) for ferry flight to KSC
  • Challenger July 1, 1982 (Palmdale to DFRC) for ferry flight to KSC
  • Discovery November 5, 1983 (Palmdale to DFRC) for ferry flight to KSC
  • Columbia January 30, 1984 (DFRC to Palmdale) for STS-17 modifications
  • Enterprise April 2, 1984 (Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile Alabama to U.S. Coast Guard Station, Mobile Alabama), for transfer to a barge for transport to New Orleans for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition
  • Atlantis April 9, 1985 (Palmdale to DFRC) for ferry flight to KSC
  • Columbia July 11, 1985 (Palmdale to DFRC) for ferry flight to KSC, following modifications
  • Endeavour October 12–14, 2012 (LAX to California Science Center), for display

Barge

[1]

  • Enterprise April 3–5, 1984 (U.S. Coast Guard Station, Mobile Alabama to New Orleans), for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition
  • Enterprise November 3–5, 1984 (New Orleans to U.S. Coast Guard Station, Mobile Alabama), following the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "STS Chronology". NASA. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-cron.html. 
  2. ↑ Mark, Hans (1987). The space station : a personal journey. Durham: Duke University Press. pp. 156. ISBN 978-0822307273. https://archive.org/details/spacestationper00mark/page/156. 
  3. ↑ Mark, Hans (1987). The Space Station: A Personal Journey. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. pp. 157–161. ISBN 978-0822307273. https://archive.org/details/spacestationper00mark. 
  4. ↑ "Shuttle Enterprise begins international tour". United Press International Inc.. May 16, 1983. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/16/Shuttle-Enterprise-begins-international-tour/8491421905600/. 
  5. ↑ NASA (2020-12-31). "SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HAER No. TX-116". NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/1d.pdf. Retrieved 2020-12-31. 



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