Space Shuttle Enterprise
Serving as a workshop for astronauts the spacehab gave astronauts extra room to live and work in space.
Space shuttle enterprise. 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. However as a prototype vehicle for atmospheric flight tests it was not actually capable of orbital flight it had no engines or heat shielding. 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.
Nasa s space shuttle enterprise stands atop the kennedy space center s launch pad 39a highlighted against the darkened florida sky and a bright moon during testing of the high intensity lighting. On this day in history sept. Shuttle enterprise nasa.
The test vehicle marked the beginning of nasa s space shuttles era. The space shuttle enterprise was the first orbiter in the shuttle program. It is now on display at the intrepid museum new york city.
It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield. Space shuttle enterprise ov 101 was used for five test flights of the last phases of the approach to landing at edwards air force base from august 12 1977 to october 26 1977. Space shuttle enterprise orbiter vehicle designation.
Construction of the enterprise started in 1974 rolled out in 1976 and made its first flight in 1977. Udvar hazy center near washington dulles airport from 2003 until december 12 2011 when ownership of enterprise was officially transferred to the intrepid sea air space museum in new york city where the shuttle is on display today. Space shuttle main engine.
Orbiter vehicle 105 completed 25 missions into space including the first service mission to the hubble space telescope and the first mission to add a u s built component to the international space station. It was often displayed at the edwards air force base open house in the early 1980s. Ov 101 was the first orbiter of the space shuttle system.