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DescriptionSTS117TakeoffEdwardsSCA.jpg	Space Shuttle Atlantis atop of NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft takes off from Edwards Air Force Base in California. Atlantis landed at Edwards following the STS-117 mission and so needed to be transported back to Kennedy Space Center.
Date	1 July 2007
Source	NASA image (direct URL [1])
Author	NASA/Carla Thomas
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domain

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	04:10, 2 July 2007		3,000 × 2,312 (3.7 MB)	Clindberg	{{Information \|Description=en:Space Shuttle Atlantis atop of NASA's 747 en:Shuttle Carrier Aircraft takes off from en:Edwards Air Force Base in California. Atlantis landed at Edwards following the STS-117 mission and so needed to be

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Image title	NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cross-country journey will take approximately two days, with stops at several intermediate points for refueling.
Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D2X
Author	NASA/Tom Tschida
Copyright holder	For copyright and restrictions refer to - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html
Exposure time	1/800 sec (0.00125)
F-number	f/7.1
ISO speed rating	100
Date and time of data generation	06:04, 1 July 2007
Lens focal length	60 mm
Headline	NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top lifts off to begin its ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
City shown	Edwards
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Windows)
File change date and time	11:08, 7 July 2017
Exposure Program	Manual
Exif version	2.21
Date and time of digitizing	07:07, 1 July 2007
Shutter speed	9.643856
APEX aperture	5.655638
Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Fine weather
Flash	Flash did not fire
DateTimeOriginal subseconds	16
Color space	Uncalibrated
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Manual exposure
White balance	Manual white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	90 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	None
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
Subject distance range	Unknown
Serial number of camera	5051445
Lens used	28.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Rating (out of 5)	0
Date metadata was last modified	04:08, 7 July 2017
Unique ID of original document	uuid:756395BD293311DC827CAD1F3CF61F2B
Copyright status	Copyright status not set
Keywords	Atlantis STS-117 International Space Station construction and supply mission landing Edwards Air Force Base ferry flight Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft SCA
Province or state shown	CA
Country shown	USA
Sublocation of city shown	AFRC
IIM version	4

File:STS117TakeoffEdwardsSCA.jpg

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Space Shuttle

NASA 905

Atlantis

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public domain

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1 July 2007

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Nikon D2X

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image/jpeg

exposure time

0.00125 second

f-number

7.1

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60 millimetre

ISO speed

100

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photograph

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