Jan. 31, 1977: A horse and rider watch as the space shuttle Enterprise is towed from Rockwell International's facility in Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base for a year of flight tests.

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Feb. 18, 1977: The NASA 747 lands at Edwards Air Force Base after a two-hour maiden flight.

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Mar. 8, 1979: The space shuttle Columbia is rolled out of a hangar at the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale for the 38-mile trip to Edwards Air Force Base.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times

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Mar. 8, 1979: The shuttle Columbia is moved through the desert near Lancaster en route to Edwards Air Force Base. From Edwards, Columbia was flown to Cape Kennedy atop a 747 aircraft.

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March 8, 1979: The space shuttle Columbia creeps over back roads from Rockwell International's Palmdale plant to Edwards Air Force Base.

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Mar. 8, 1979: People line streets in Lancaster to watch the space shuttle Columbia being towed to Edwards Air Force Base.

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March 20, 1979: The space shuttle Columbia, atop a modified 747, leaves Edwards Air Force Base for Florida.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Cal Montney / Los Angeles Times

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July 3, 1982: Vendors in the public viewing area at Edwards Air Force Base sell everything from rejected space shuttle tiles to shuttle kites for spectators waiting for the landing of the shuttle Columbia.

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July 1, 1982: The brand new space shuttle Challenger moves through Lancaster en route to Edwards Air Force Base.

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March. 28, 1982: Over two miles of vehicles line up along old New Mexico State Highway 52 to get access to White Sands Missile Range for the shuttle Columbia's March 29 landing. High winds delayed the landing until March 30. This was the only shuttle landing at White Sands.

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Jan. 30, 1984: The space shuttle Columbia is moved from Edwards Air Force Base back to the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale for upgrades.

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Jan. 30, 1984: Spectators gather at 10th Street East and Avenue J in Lancaster to view the shuttle.

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Mar. 9, 1985: The space shuttle Atlantis is towed along 10th Street East in Lancaster headed toward Edwards Air Force Base.

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Jan. 28, 1985: The space shuttle Enterprise slowly makes its way down 13th Street in Santa Barbara en route to Vandenberg Air Force Base to test facilities for future shuttle launches. After the 1986 explosion of the shuttle Challenger, launches from Vandenberg were canceled.

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May 1, 1991: The new space shuttle Endeavour is mounted on a shuttle carrier aircraft before its flight to Florida.

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Jan. 1, 1991: The space shuttle Atlantis is suspended in the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.

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June 6, 2012: The space shuttle Enterprise passes lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center, under construction, as it makes the final leg of its journey by barge to its new home on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

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