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Photo Essay: Shuttle transitions through bases

  • Published June 3, 2009
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --   Space Shuttle Atlantis riding atop a NASA-modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft taxies after landing June 2 at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Columbus AFB was the shuttle's final stop for fuel before finishing its journey to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 

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