Endeavour comes to Edwards AFB one last time


Continuing her coast-to-coast ferryflight piggyback-style, Endeavour soars over Edwards Air Force Base in California before landing on Runway 22 just after noon Sept. 20 for an overnight stay at the Mojave Desert military facility where the ship had returned from space on 7 missions. After touching down, the shuttle was parked at NASA-Dryden for employees and their families to get up close to the retired orbiter and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

See our coverage of Endeavour's ferryflight.

Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II/Spaceflight Now


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