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"The Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on top of NASA's 747 Shuttle Aircraft Carrier, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. early Sunday morning. The shuttle ferry flight ends STS-117 Atlantis' nine-day visit to Edwards after landing on June 22."
Photo by Carla Thomas on July 1, 2007.
VIRIN: 070701-O-9999X-001
NASA ID: ED07-0137-30, ED07-0137-31, ED07-0137-32
Patrick Forrester (born 31 March 1957)
"Space Shuttle Atlantis atop of NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft takes off from Edwards Air Force Base in California. Atlantis landed at Edwards following the STS-117 mission and so needed to be transported back to Kennedy Space Center."
Date: July 1, 2007
NASA ID: ED07-0137-31
"Accompanied by a convoy of recovery vehicles, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed up the taxiway at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center following a successful landing at 12:49 p.m. (PDT) at Edwards Air Force Base in California."
Date: June 22, 2007
NASA ID: STS117-S-053
"Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-117 Mission lands at Edwards Air Force Base after 14 days in orbit."
Date: June 22, 2007
NASA ID: STS117-S-048
"The Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Mate-Demate Device (MDD) for post-flight processing after a successful landing at 12:49 p.m. (PDT)."
Date: June 22, 2007
NASA ID: STS117-S-054
Launch of STS-117 Atlantis
"The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member STS-117 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 7:38 p.m. (EDT) on June 8, 2007. Onboard are astronauts Rick Sturckow, commander; Lee Archambault, pilot; Jim Reilly, Patrick Forrester, John "Danny" Olivas, Steven Swanson and Clayton Anderson, all mission specialists. Anderson will join Expedition 15 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station. Atlantis will dock with the orbital outpost on Sunday, June 10, to begin a joint mission that will increase the complex's power generation capability. Using the shuttle and station robotic arms and conducting three scheduled spacewalks, the astronauts will install another set of giant solar array wings on the station and retract another array, preparing it for a future move."
Date: June 8, 2007
NASA ID: STS117-S-009, STS117-S-008
Technicians attach the tail cone to the Space Shuttle Atlantis in preparation for its return to Kennedy Space Center, following STS-117.
Photographed by Carla Thomas
Date: June 28, 2007
NASA ID: ED07-0137-29
