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PictionID:43834234 - Catalog:14_008728 - Title:Atlas Details: NASA Layouts - Filename:14_008728.TIF - - - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Manufacturer: Rockwell International Corporation
Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 57 ft. tall x 122 ft. long x 78 ft. wing span, 150,000 lb. (1737.36 x 3718.57 x 2377.44cm, 68039.6kg)
Materials:
Aluminum airframe and body with some fiberglass features; payload bay doors are graphite epoxy composite; thermal tiles are simulated (polyurethane foam) except for test samples of actual tiles and thermal blankets.
The first Space Shuttle orbiter, "Enterprise," is a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground; it is not equipped for spaceflight. Although the airframe and flight control elements are like those of the Shuttles flown in space, this vehicle has no propulsion system and only simulated thermal tiles because these features were not needed for atmospheric and ground tests. "Enterprise" was rolled out at Rockwell International's assembly facility in Palmdale, California, in 1976. In 1977, it entered service for a nine-month-long approach-and-landing test flight program. Thereafter it was used for vibration tests and fit checks at NASA centers, and it also appeared in the 1983 Paris Air Show and the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. In 1985, NASA transferred "Enterprise" to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Virginia
This week (unless he is late), I am going into a new frontier.....Fatherhood!!!!
Like all who have gone before me, I'm about to jump out of the spaceship and free fall into the great unknown. Wish me luck!
Photo Info: Picture of the super sonic space suit used during the "red bull space jump" this year.
one of the last "Weightless Wonders" or "Vomit Comets" to use the KC-135 airframe (N931NA) The Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique "weightless" or "zero-g" environment of space flight for test and training purposes on a cost-reimbursable funding basis. This capability is ideal for the development and verification of space hardware, experiments, crew training and it is also ideal for doing basic research.
Trip to Washington taking in Alexandria, Washington Mall, Arlington Cemetery, Washington Nationals Baseball, Mount Vernon and Dulles Air and Space Museum
NASA Shuttle Bus- April 30th, 2014-
We live right outside of NASA here in Houston, They retired the 747 used to ferry the Space Shuttles after their flights. They retired the Jumbo Bus and hauled it in pieces to its final resting spot at the Space Museum on the NASA Grounds. They had to move all the pieces at night and it came right by my neighborhood last night! What an event They had everything shut down! It as quite a sight. It was stopped here for 30 minutes while utility companies moved overhead wires at an upcoming intersection, making for a great photo-op!
for the full story... go to www.chron.com/default/article/Clear-Lake-highway-set-to-c...
This is the space shuttle Columbia (STS-5) returning to Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert in November-1982. One of the chase planes is in the upper right corner
April 17, 2012. The space shuttle Discovery flies over the Washington D.C. area. Photo: Ryan Rayburn / World Bank
Julie made this cake for Tristan. Banana cake inside, vanilla frosting, with chocolate frosting for design (and a few candies).
51L-S-108 (31 Jan. 1986) --- Barbara R. Morgan, 51-L backup payload specialist to Christa McAuliffe, with others on the stage at the Memorial service for the Challenger Seven at JSC. Photo credit: NASA
Taken at Kennedy Space Center, FL, prior to the events of September 11. The shuttle was still visible on a drive-by tour for KSC's employee Open House; now the view is obscured for security reasons.
PictionID:43834444 - Catalog:14_008745 - Title:Atlas Details: NASA Layouts - Filename:14_008745.TIF - - - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Space Shuttle liftoff yesterday. A low cloud deck caused it to disappear. Oh well, maybe next month.
PictionID:45182612 - Catalog:14_017372 - Title:Space Shuttle Details: Mid-Fuselage Assembly - Filename:14_017372.TIF - - - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Last night, I watched the launch of the Space Shuttle on TV, then I rushed outside to see if I could see the Shuttle. For missions to the International Space Station, they launch right up the Eastern coast of the US, a little out to sea, and even though NYC is nearly 1,000 miles away, the Shuttle can briefly become visible very low in the southeast like a quickly rising star that after a minute abruptly winks out when the main engine cuts off. My neighborhood, though, is full of lights and obstructions, and I wasn't able to see it this time. (I've had better luck when watching for the launches from the Empire State Building.)
Manufacturer: Rockwell International Corporation
Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 57 ft. tall x 122 ft. long x 78 ft. wing span, 150,000 lb. (1737.36 x 3718.57 x 2377.44cm, 68039.6kg)
Materials:
Aluminum airframe and body with some fiberglass features; payload bay doors are graphite epoxy composite; thermal tiles are simulated (polyurethane foam) except for test samples of actual tiles and thermal blankets.
The first Space Shuttle orbiter, "Enterprise," is a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground; it is not equipped for spaceflight. Although the airframe and flight control elements are like those of the Shuttles flown in space, this vehicle has no propulsion system and only simulated thermal tiles because these features were not needed for atmospheric and ground tests. "Enterprise" was rolled out at Rockwell International's assembly facility in Palmdale, California, in 1976. In 1977, it entered service for a nine-month-long approach-and-landing test flight program. Thereafter it was used for vibration tests and fit checks at NASA centers, and it also appeared in the 1983 Paris Air Show and the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. In 1985, NASA transferred "Enterprise" to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Virginia