Shuttle Leaves Calif. Atop Jumbo Jet

July 1st, 2007 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Shuttle Leaves Calif. Atop Jumbo Jet (AP)

The Space Shuttle Atlantis takes off atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on the first leg of its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, July 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

(AP) -- A jumbo jet carrying the space shuttle Atlantis took off Sunday on a return trip to the shuttle's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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