Space.com

NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour. The Lego ...
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Remembering when NASA stuck a Space Shuttle on top of a Boeing 747

Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with a Space Shuttle perched on top.… It is effectively two sets in ...
LAist

A space shuttle model is cleared for landing in Downey

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Columbia Memorial Space Center in ...
Los Angeles Times

‘This is where it all happened.’ Downey’s space shuttle prototype begins move to future home

At slower than a walking pace, the prototype that helped launch America’s space shuttle program paraded down Downey streets Thursday morning on its way to a temporary housing location in preparation ...
NBC Los Angeles

It's moving day for original full-size space shuttle mock-up in Downey

The original full-size prototype design for the space shuttle traveled on a Downey street Thursday for a stop at a renovation facility before it lands at a museum. It looks like it could fly with its ...