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Color photograph of Enterprise atop airplane flying above flat land
Enterprise atop NASA-905 above Mojave, CA
Color photograph of Enterprise atop airplane flying above flat land
Color photograph of Enterprise atop airplane flying above flat land

Enterprise atop NASA-905 above Mojave, CA

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
Association
Date1977
PeriodPost-Decommissioning
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert and Sue Ann Dilts. P2011.48.22
Object numberP2011.48.22
DescriptionPhotograph, Color; Horizontal image of Enterprise atop NASA-905 (Carrier aircraft) flying above Mojave, CA. The aircraft has blue, white and red stripes going across the fuselage. Two engines are visible below the wing. The tail of the aircraft has an American flag at the top. In the center “NASA” is written in red and “905” is written in black. The orbiter atop the aircraft has the words “NASA // Enterprise// United States” and the American flag main area of the body. There are streets and fields below and mountains in the distance.
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