Space Shuttle Endeavour approaches the Mate-Demate Device left following landing on runway 15 atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

Space Shuttle Endeavour approaches the Mate-Demate Device (left) following landing on runway 15 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 10:58 a.m. EDT atop a modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The cross-country ferry flight became necessary when three days of unfavorable weather conditions at KSC forced Endeavour to land on runway 22 at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 19 following mission STS-111. Processing of Endeavour will now begin for the launch of mission STS-113 targeted for October 2002