The first space shuttle, Enterprise, never made it to space ... Fred Haise, best known as a crewmember on Apollo 13, commanded the flight with Gordon Fullerton as second-in-command.

The first flight of the program consisted of the Space Shuttle Enterprise attached to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. These flights were to determine how well the two vehicles flew together.

On August 12, 1977, NASA entered a new era with the launch of the Enterprise, a space shuttle prototype that never actually reached space. But despite falling short of even cruising altitude in a ...

The Space Shuttle Enterprise took her first flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. The spacecraft was loaded atop a 747 transport place that carried the craft to 25,000 feet.

Enterprise, NASA's first space shuttle prototype ... including "How to display a retired space shuttle" and "Preparing Enterprise for flight." ...

The 135th mission will end the shuttle program after 35 years. NASA planned to name the first space shuttle Constitution ... an explanation for where the Enterprise name came from.

R: The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise inside of Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand ... In 1974, construction of the world’s first space shuttle, known then as Orbital Vehicle-101 ...

Thirty-five years ago today, Americans got their first good ... engineers working on flight-ready space shuttles. Enterprise "was the 'fit-check' vehicle for the space shuttle on two launch ...

The one space shuttle ... Enterprise, officially designated OV-101, served as a test vehicle in 1977 before NASA was ready to send the orbiters into space -- the honor of that historic space ...

But STS-1 was a remarkable first flight nonetheless. Here’s a few things you might not know about the pioneering space shuttle mission. When the shuttle’s two pencil-shaped solid rocket ...