A Mate-Demate Device (MDD) is a specialized crane designed to lift a Space Shuttle orbiter onto and off the back of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Four Mate-Demate...
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the SCAs by Mate-Demate Devices, large gantry-like structures that hoisted the orbiters off the ground for post-flight servicing then mated them with the...
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the SLF has 1,001 feet (305 m) of paved overruns at each end. The Mate-Demate Device (MDD), for use when the Shuttle was transported by the Shuttle Carrier...
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Enterprise touched down at JFK International Airport. The mobile Mate-Demate Device and cranes were transported from Dulles to the ramp at JFK and the...
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KSC had the Orbiter Processing Facility, Shuttle Runway facility, Mate-Demate Device (for loading the Orbiter on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft), the Vehicle...
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self-esteem and loss of interest. It is also known as clinical depression. Mate-Demate Device, a specialized crane used to piggyback the Space Shuttle onto an airplane...
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allowed the transportation of the orbiter from the OPF to either the SCA "Mate-Demate" stand or the VAB without placing any additional stress on the undercarriage...
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Pathfinder Pathfinder on the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility Type Space Shuttle test simulator Construction number OV-098 Country United...
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rollout distance was 2.41 km (1.50 mi). Atlantis was towed to the Mate-Demate Device by around 15:00 PST. About 62 impacts in the shuttle's Thermal Protection...
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are being negotiated. These tests may be used to develop procedures for mating a spacecraft to its launch vehicle, emergency access and egress, maintenance...
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