Enterprise(OV-101)

Background

Upgrades and Features

Construction Milestones

07/26/72 Contract Award
06/04/74 Start structural assembly of Crew Module
08/26/74 Start structural assembly of aft-fuselage
05/23/75 Wings arrive at Palmdale from Grumman
08/24/75 Start of Final Assembly
03/12/76 Completed Final Assembly
09/17/76 Rollout from Palmdale
01/31/77 Overland transport from Palmdale to Edwards
04/10/79 Delivery to Kennedy Space Center

Enterprise's Flights:

Taxi Tests:

1. 02/15/77 (Max speed 89 Mph)
2. 02/15/77 (Max speed 140 Mph)
3. 02/15/77 (Max speed 157 Mph)

Captive-Inactive Flights:

4. 02/18/77
5. 02/22/77
6. 02/25/77
7. 02/28/77
8. 03/02/77

Captive-Active Flights:

09. 06/18/77
10. 06/28/77
11. 07/26/77

Free Flights:

12. 08/12/77
13. 09/13/77
14. 09/23/77
15. 10/12/77
16. 10/26/77

Enterprise spent 8 years on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia. On April 27, 2012 it was transported by barge to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space museum in New York City where it went on display on July 19, 2012.

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Last Updated Fri March 18 09:39:52 EDT 1994 Jim Dumoulin (Redacted)