Enterprise (test orbiter)

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Enterprise (test orbiter) was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, built as a prototype for approach and landing tests and never flown in space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle orbiter
approachAndLandingTestsYear 1977
carriedBy Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
modified Boeing 747
category Prototype spacecraft of the United States
Space Shuttle program hardware
completedYear 1976
constructionStartYear 1974
country United States
damagedBy Hurricane Sandy
damageYear 2012
displayLocation Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
firstFlightType captive-inert flight
firstFreeFlightDate 1977-08-12
hasComponent crew cabin
mockup main engines
orbiter airframe
payload bay doors (non-functional for space)
thermal protection system test tiles
vertical stabilizer
wings
height 17.27 m
initialName Constitution
lacksComponent functional main engines
heat shield for reentry
orbital maneuvering system
space-rated systems
launchSiteForTests Edwards Air Force Base
length 37.24 m
manufacturer Rockwell International
mass approximately 68,000 kg
museumDisplayStartYear 1985
namedAfter Starship Enterprise
USS Enterprise
neverFlewInSpace true
numberOfFreeFlights 5
operator NASA
partOf NASA Space Shuttle fleet
linked to: Space Shuttle
precededBy Space Shuttle structural test article STA-099
program Space Shuttle program
renamedBy President Gerald Ford
linked to: Gerald Ford
renamedDueTo Star Trek fan campaign
role Approach and Landing Test vehicle
rolloutDate 1976-09-17
rolloutLocation Rockwell plant, Palmdale, California
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftDesignation OV-101
spacecraftType Space Shuttle prototype
status retired
succeededBy Space Shuttle Columbia
tailNumber OV-101
testLocation Dryden Flight Research Center
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
transferredToIntrepidYear 2012
usedAs fit-check article for Vandenberg SLC-6
structural test article
usedFor aerodynamic testing
approach and landing tests
fit checks
ground vibration tests
launch pad tests
mated tests with Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
visitedLocation Canada
Germany
Kennedy Space Center
Paris Air Show
United Kingdom
Vandenberg Air Force Base
wingspan 23.79 m

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Columbia precededBy Enterprise (test orbiter)
Space Shuttle approach and landing tests uses prototype orbiter Enterprise
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