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Color photograph of Enterprise separating from shuttle carrier aircraft while flying
Enterprise Separating from Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Color photograph of Enterprise separating from shuttle carrier aircraft while flying
Color photograph of Enterprise separating from shuttle carrier aircraft while flying

Enterprise Separating from Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
Association
DateSeptember 13, 1977
PeriodPost-Decommissioning
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert and Sue Ann Dilts. P2011.48.26
Object numberP2011.48.26
DescriptionPhotograph, Color; Horizontal image of Enterprise separating from Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA-905, for second free-flight. The shuttle has a long cone extending from its nose. The sky below the aircraft is cloudy and is blue above them. The shuttle has the words “Enterprise // NASA // United States” in black with an American flag design on the body. The aircraft has blue, white and red stripes across the fuselage, with text “NASA” in red and “905” in black on the tail. Text at the bottom left corner of the image reads “On 13 September 1977, the Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise made its second free flight in the Approach // and Landing Test program after separating from the 747 Shuttle carrier aircraft. Astronauts Engle and Truly // were controlling the Enterprise." Text at the bottom right corner of the image reads "Rockwell International // Space Division”.
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Color photograph of shuttle carrier aircraft and chase planes flying over Enterprise in formati…
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and NASA Chase Planes fly over Enterprise
Robert Dilts
August 12, 1977
Object number: P2011.48.29
Color photograph of Enterprise with chase plane making first free-flight landing
Enterprise Landing with Chase Plane
Robert Dilts
August 12, 1977
Object number: P2011.48.28
Color photograph of Enterprise in free-flight against a blue sky
Enterprise in Free-Flight
Robert Dilts
September 13, 1977
Object number: P2011.48.27
Printed cover for Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA) Packaging and Transport Plan
Robert Dilts Papers
Robert Dilts
June 26, 1974–December 10, 1977
Object number: A2014.56
Color photograph of four men in blue flight suits posing in front of Enterprise
Approach and Landing Test Astronauts
Robert Dilts
1977
Object number: P2011.48.21
Color poster depicting Enterprise being flown on the back of a 747 airplane with brown, arid la…
Enterprise Poster
Robert Dilts
February 18, 1977
Object number: 2014.113.01
Black and white photograph of Enterprise atop NASA-905 above Mojave, CA
Enterprise atop 747 Carrier Aircraft
Robert Dilts
Early 1977
Object number: P2011.48.43
Printed map of Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base
NASA // Space Shuttle Free Flight #1 Map and Schedule
Robert Dilts
August 12, 1977
Object number: A2014.113
Printed black and white photograph of Enterprise on the back of a Boeing 747 mid flight
Enterprise in Flight
Enterprise (OV-101)
ca. 1983
Object number: P2021.41
Color photograph of Space Shuttle Enterprise on a runway with grass and a river in the foregrou…
Enterprise on the Runway
Robert Dilts
April 1979
Object number: P2013.30.01
Color photograph of Enterprise atop airplane flying above flat land
Enterprise atop NASA-905 above Mojave, CA
Robert Dilts
1977
Object number: P2011.48.22
Color photograph of Enterprise in a nose dive over the desert
Enterprise in Nose Dive
Robert Dilts
Early 1977
Object number: P2011.48.60
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