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Space Shuttle Enterprise (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from a modified Boeing 747. [1] It was constructed without engines or a functional ...
On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA rolled out its first space shuttle, named Enterprise, from its manufacturing plant in Palmdale, California. The story of Enterprise officially began on Jan. 5, 1972, when President Richard M. Nixon directed NASA to build the partially reusable space transportation system, stating that “it would revolutionize ...
Enterprise, the first space shuttle orbiter that NASA built, arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on April 10, 1979. Although not space worthy, as a pathfinder Enterprise carried out tasks critical to ensuring the success of the space shuttle program.
On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA's prototype space shuttle Enterprise was rolled out of its assembly facility in Southern California and displayed before a crowd several thousand strong. Though...
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, the first of a new kind of spacecraft, made the slow 3.5-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to the launch pad, atop the same Mobile Transporter that had carried Saturn V’s during the Apollo Program.
On August 12, 1977, NASA entered a new era with the launch of the Enterprise, a space shuttle prototype that never actually reached space.
Space Shuttle Enterprise: namesake of the Star Trek spaceship, and one of NASA's greatest, and biggest, behind-the-scenes testing tools. Credit: Jennifer Hahn. NEW YORK—The space shuttle...
Forty years ago, the space shuttle prototype Enterprise set out to prove that the orbiter could return from space and glide to a precise, unpowered landing. Between April 1981 and July 2011, NASA’s Space Shuttle Program flew five orbiters for a total of 135 missions.
With the mounting cost realizations of up-converting Enterprise from a ground and low atmosphere test article to a space-worthy Shuttle orbiter becoming clear, NASA quickly made the...
The space shuttle Enterprise, a NASA prototype, suffered minor wingtip damage when it grazed a bridge support while riding a barge from JFK airport in New York City to a temporary port in New...