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NASA’s Space Shuttle prototype unveiled and christened ‘Enterprise’; 50th anniversary on 17 September

Sep 17, 2026

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  • SPACE SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE. The Space Shuttle Enterprise flying free during Approach and Landing Tests over California. Photograph, 1977. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0266950
  • SPACE SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE. The NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise riding atop its 747 jumbo carrier. Photograph, c1977. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0184128
  • SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE, 1977. The Space Shuttle Enterprise comes in for a landing after completing a flight test at Edwards Air Force Base, California, September 1977. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100944
  • SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE, 1977. The Space Shuttle Enterprise, riding atop its 747 jumbo carrier, landing at Redstone Army Airfield during flight tests, 1977. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100939
  • SHUTTLE ENTERPRISE, 1977. The Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise separating from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight test at the Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California, September 1977. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0100932
  • Dec. 12, 1976 - Shuttle Orbiter 101 Rollout. Photo Shows: A ground level view of the Space shuttle orbiter 101 Enterprise during rollout activity at the Rockwell International Space Division s Orbiter manufacturing facility at Palmdale in California. The Enterprise will be moved to the NASA Dryden Elight Research centre 35 miles north of Palmdale, where it will undergo tests flights in the atmosphere in 1977. Those flights will be the prelude to Shuttle Orbiter flights into Earth orbit in 1979 by the second Orbiter (102), now under construction. - ZUMAk09