Space Shuttle Enterprise

Enterprise was the first space shuttle built but it never flew to spaceinstead columbia was the first to fly to space in 1981 from kennedy space center.

Space shuttle enterprise. 17 1976 and was nasas first shuttle prototype. Shuttle enterprise nasa. 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. Die raumfaehre diente ab 1977 zur erprobung der flugfaehigkeiten der space shuttles.

Enterprise of star trek fame. Einst das erste space shuttle der usa wird sie nun den rest ihrer tage in einem new yorker museum verbringen. The space shuttle program was initially conceived in the late 1960s. The shuttle was named after the uss.

See photos of nasas space shuttle enterprise which was unveiled on sept. In 1976 nasas space shuttle enterprise rolled out of the palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by nasa officials and cast members from the star trek television series. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield. Die enterprise englisch fuer unternehmen unternehmung ist ein prototyp fuer die raumfaehren aus dem space shuttle programm der us raumfahrtbehoerde nasadie interne bezeichnung lautet ov 101der name enterprise geht auf das fiktive raumschiff enterprise aus der science fiction serie star trek zurueck.

As the apollo program put men on the moon at exorbitant cost nasa wanted to create a reusable lower cost way to send people and cargo to space on a regular basis. Die raumfaehre enterprise erlebt derzeit ihre wohl letzte reise.