# Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

> Boeing 747s adapted to carry Space Shuttle orbiters

**Wikidata**: [Q218990](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218990)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/shuttle-carrier-aircraft


## References

1. [Source](https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html)
2. [Source](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/SCA_Historical_Narrative.pdf)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. [Source](https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/carrier_aircraft_in_houston.html)
5. [Source](https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Shuttle-aircraft-to-make-one-final-voyage-next-5352389.php?t=138d77f64a057dc840#/0)
6. [NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. 2014](https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html)
7. BBC Things
8. [Source](https://www.nasa.gov/content/shuttle-carrier-aircraft-drawings)
9. [Mach Number](https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/mach.html)
10. [18 February 1977. 2022](https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/18-february-1977/)
11. [Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Drawings. 2016](https://www.nasa.gov/content/shuttle-carrier-aircraft-drawings)