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Space Shuttle Enterprise Demated from NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 747

Space Shuttle Enterprise at dawn. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
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  • Space Shuttle Enterprise at dawn. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Space Shuttle Enterprise is pushed back into Hangar 12 at daybreak. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Closeup of Space Shuttle Enterprise on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Space Shuttle Enterprise is held by two cranes after being demated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Space Shuttle Enterprise floats in midair after being demated from the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • United States. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Space Shuttle at sunrise. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • United Space Alliance technicians detach the Mate/Demate device from Space Shuttle Enterprise.  (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • A JetBlue Airbus A320 takes off behind the Space Shuttle Enterprise. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Bug's eye view of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft on the tarmac. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • A custom-built lowboy trailer, pulled by this Kenworth tractor, will transport Space Shuttle Enterprise to a barge. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Orbiter engine fairing. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Ken from the United States Alliance. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • News media look on. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, sans shuttle. (Photo by Guy Dickinson, CC BY-SA)
  • The space shuttle Enterprise, mounted on transport vehicle, is backed into a temporary hanger after being demated from the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport on Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflet)
  • The Space Shuttle Enterprise hangs from a sling after being demated from the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflet)
  • The Space Shuttle Enterprise is lowered onto a transport vehicle after being demated from the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflet)
  • Space Shuttle Enterprise is held aloft by a yellow sling and a set of cranes after it was removed from the top of NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.(Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflet)
  • NASA and United Space Alliance workers lower a yellow sling onto space shuttle Enterprise, which sits atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) prior to it being demated a few hours later.(Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflet)
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