Last week, I heard on the radio that NASA's Endeavor would be making a pit stop in Fort Worth because it couldn't quite make it from Edwards Air Force Base in California to Kennedy Space Station in Florida due to weather problems. That made me wonder how a space shuttle just 'makes a pit stop' ANYWHERE in our atmosphere without all of the special NASA landing equipment and procedures. 
Well, it turns out that the Endeavor (and other shuttles like it) ride 'piggyback' on planes! From the prep pictures, it looks like quite a process to get it positioned on the plane and attached, but how intriguing and amazing!
Here's a progressive picture of the Endeavor and it's 'host' taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California.
So for just a little while, we were host to this piggybacking masterpiece while they waited out bad weather on their way from California to Florida!
1 comment:
Stacie says "Very interesting"
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