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Prototype space shuttle bound for NYC reunited with NASA aircraft 
Top photo credit: collectSPACE.com/Ben Cooper; other photos credit: NASA and NASA/Bill Ingalls
  
 
  
Space shuttle Enterprise, seen mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, at Washington Dulles International Airport on April 20, 2012.  |  
  
 
  
Space shuttle Enterprise flying atop the carrier aircraft NASA 905, a modified Boeing 747 jetliner, during its first captive test flight in 1977.  |  
  
 
  
Space shuttle Enterprise is lifted in preparation for its mating to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft early Friday morning, April 20, 2012.  |  
  
 
  
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft moves into place for mating underneath the space shuttle Enterprise at Dulles International Airport.  |  
  
 
  
Enterprise is seen mated on top of NASA 905, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, the same plane used for the 1977 Approach and Landing Tests.  |  
  
 
  
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