The Boeing 747 continues to be recognized as one of the most iconic commercial jets of all time. Originally introduced in the 1960s, the game-changing aircraft brought unprecedented capacity, range, ...

The Boeing 747 and NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise formed an iconic partnership in aerospace history. NASA modified a Boeing 747 into the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), which was specially designed ...

The choice of the Boeing 747 as the primary aircraft to ferry the Space Shuttle orbiter was a decision rooted in the jumbo jet’s size, strength, and availability during the 1970s. This unique ...

Now retired, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) were a pair of planes designed to transport orbiters from their landing sites back to Kennedy Space Center throughout the Space Shuttle Program, one of ...

On Tuesday morning, space shuttle Discovery will become the first of NASA's three shuttles — plus a shuttle prototype — to travel to its new retirement home. NASA flew its last shuttle flight in July.

This collection consists of the following twenty-two 16mm films relating to the Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101: 747/F-104 Shuttle Orbiter Launch Simulation; Orbiter/747 Separation (Wind ...