Space Shuttle Enterprise on Launch Pad 39A
Dublin Core
Title
Space Shuttle Enterprise on Launch Pad 39A
Alternative Title
Space Shuttle Enterprise
Subject
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island (Fla.)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NASA
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
Enterprise (Space shuttle)
Description
The Shuttle Enterprise being taken via crawler-transporter to John F. Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A for a facilities verification test. 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, May 1, 1979: Leonard Pugh Collection.
Date Created
1979-05-01
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photographic print, May 1, 1979.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
138 KB
Medium
1 color photographic print
Type
Still Image
Coverage
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
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.
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Transcription
1 color photographic print
Collection
Citation
“Space Shuttle Enterprise on Launch Pad 39A,” RICHES, accessed December 3, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6128.