https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/56c5860a-a400-45c8-8c51-69725b84f513 NASA's Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) No. 905 departed NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center on Oct. 24, 2012 for the final time, ending a 38-year association with the NASA field center at Edwards. The modified Boeing 747 jetliner flew from Dryden to Ellington Airport in southeast Houston, where the big Boeing jet was retired. The Independence, a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the Space Shuttle was placed atop the SCA 905 and the combined exhibit, called "Independence Plaza" was opened at Space Center Houston to the public January 23, 2016. Duration: 1:24 minutes To learn more about NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/zJIWVs_4_v8 Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:29:53 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/56c5860a-a400-45c8-8c51-69725b84f513 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.