Crew 1 and Crew 2 with Space Shuttle Enterprise
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Title
Crew 1 and Crew 2 with Space Shuttle Enterprise
Alternative Title
Crews 1 and 2 with Space Shuttle Enterprise
Subject
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
Enterprise (Space shuttle)
Astronauts--United States
Haise, Fred, 1933-
Fullerton, C. Gordon (Charles Gordon)
Engle, Joe
Truly, Richard
Description
The first two crews for the Space Shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Tests. Photographed, from left to right, are Crew 1 Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton (1946-2013), Crew 1 Mission Commander Fred Haise (1933-), Crew 2 Mission Commander Joe Engle (1932-), and Crew 2 Pilot Richard H. Truly (1937-).
Rockwell International built the Space Shuttle Fleet in Palmdale, California. Enterprise was not used for space flight, but rather for a series of landing tests after being flown to altitude on the back of a Boeing 747 jet. The Space Shuttle was meant as a reusable alternative to the traditional ballistic rockets used to launch manned spacecraft in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1981 to 2011, when the fleet was retired, five shuttles were flown over 130 times. It was the first space launch system that was mostly reusable, as the shuttles themselves and the solid rocket boosters were reused multiple times. Space shuttles were launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) and Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida.
Rockwell International built the Space Shuttle Fleet in Palmdale, California. Enterprise was not used for space flight, but rather for a series of landing tests after being flown to altitude on the back of a Boeing 747 jet. The Space Shuttle was meant as a reusable alternative to the traditional ballistic rockets used to launch manned spacecraft in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1981 to 2011, when the fleet was retired, five shuttles were flown over 130 times. It was the first space launch system that was mostly reusable, as the shuttles themselves and the solid rocket boosters were reused multiple times. Space shuttles were launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) and Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida.
Source
Original color photographic print: Leonard Pugh Collection.
Date Created
ca. 1980
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photographic print.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
121 KB
Medium
1 color photographic print
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Palmdale, California
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Leonard Pugh and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"The Shuttle." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Accessed August 21, 2015. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/the_shuttle/.
"Enterprise(OV-101)." Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Accessed September 9, 2015. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.htm.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color photographic print
Collection
Citation
“Crew 1 and Crew 2 with Space Shuttle Enterprise,” RICHES, accessed July 22, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6124.