Historic Mate-Demate Tower Used to Lift Space Shuttles Being Demolished

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

The steel tower used to mount NASA space shuttles atop jumbo jets to fly them cross-country after they landed in California is now being dismantled. The Mate-Demate Device at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center stood for four decades.

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