Enterprise (OV-101)

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12.08.1977 wahadłowiec Enterprise wykonał swój pierwszy swobodny lot.
Za sterami siedzieli Fred Haise i Gordon Fullerton.
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/12-august-1977/
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/NewsReleases/2002/02-47_pf.html
https://www.inverse.com/science/space-shuttle-enterprise-anniversary

A Soaring Success!
#OTD in 1977, NASA's first space shuttle orbiter Enterprise completed its first free flight, with Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton piloting it down to the runway at @NASAArmstrong.
Watch video from the flight: https://go.nasa.gov/4557hE3

https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1690370054485921793

On this day in 1977, Space Shuttle Enterprise—crewed by Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton—made its first free flight from a 747 during shuttle approach and landing tests.

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1690378126314868737

1977 August 12 - . Launch Site: Edwards. Launch Complex: Edwards. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.

Enterprise flight 4. The space shuttle made its first free flight. - . Call Sign: Enterprise. Crew: Fullerton, Haise. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fullerton, Haise. Program: STS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Enterprise.

After being carried aloft by a Boeing 747, it was released and made an unassisted landing at Edwards AFB, California. This was part of a series of approach and landing tests carried out at Edwards from February to October. Conduct first free flight, ALT, tail cone on, Edwards (5 minutes, 21 seconds), Enterprise (OV-101), lake bed Runway 17

http://www.astronautix.com/a/august12.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/13/archives/space-shuttle-glides-to-a-landing-passing-its-first-solo-flight.html


2) 2) 18.11.1985 Enterprise został usunięty ze szczytu zmodyfikowanego Boeinga 747 i opuszczony na płytę lotniska międzynarodowego lotniska w Dulles, aby dołączyć do kolekcji muzealnej.
https://space.fandom.com/wiki/Enterprise_(OV-101)
https://www.nasa.gov/history/40-years-ago-space-shuttle-enterprise-rolls-to-the-pad/

On this day in 1985, Space Shuttle Enterprise was removed from the top of a modified Boeing 747 and lowered onto the tarmac at Dulles International Airport to join our collection. It eventually went on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center and is now at the @IntrepidMuseum.)

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1725604772651192659

18 November 1985. The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, was flown via Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to Washington and transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian Institution for eventual museum display.

https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1725606479615418638

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01.10.1985  Space Launch Complex 6 („Slick-6”) w Vandenberg AFB w Kalifornii został dopuszczony do operacji związanych ze startami promów kosmicznych.
W okresie od listopada 1984 do maja 1985 OV-101 Enterprise służył do operacji testowych w kompleksie startowym.

Space Launch Complex 6 ("Slick-6") at Vandenberg AFB, California was cleared for Space Shuttle operations OTD in 1985, with formal opening ceremonies on 15 October. Between November 1984 & May 1985 OV-101 Enterprise was used as a pathfinder for evaluating the launch facilities.

https://x.com/aisoffice/status/1708379516274364579
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_6

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26.10.1977 wahadłowiec Enterprise , pilotowany przez astronautów Freda Haise i Gordona Fullertona, odbył swój piąty i ostatni swobodny lot.

STS Approach and Landing Test, Pilot-induced Oscillation

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/27/archives/space-shuttle-makes-a-bumpy-landing-but-officials-are-pleased.html
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1717571798093459712

Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101), piloted by astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton, took its 5th and final glide test flight #OTD in 1977.
Read about Haise's experiences in the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (and Apollo 13) in his oral history: https://go.nasa.gov/3S9SZhT

On #TDIH in 1977, Space Shuttle Enterprise completed its last free flight test at Edwards Air Force Base.
This photo is from an earlier flight test the previous month.

https://x.com/airandspace/status/1717576801298288799


2) Akwarela ''Enterprise hits the Road'' z 1977 pędzla McCalla przedtawiająca podróż Enterprise z fabryki Rockwell w Palmade, gdzie został zmontowany, do Dryden Flight Research Center.

Un Jour - Un Objet Spatial
(n° 00224 / 6 janvier 2019)
''Enterprise hits the Road'' Aquarelle / Lithographie signée par Robert T. McCall
http://souvenirsdespace.lebonforum.com/t1575p225-un-jour-un-objet-spatial#4811

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1743679067314905158

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In 1977, the United Kingdom's King Charles III, a prince at the time, met with NASA astronauts Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, Richard H. Truly and Joe Engle, the crew of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
That time King Charles met NASA's space shuttle Enterprise (as a Prince)