On this day: 12 August 1977, the Space Shuttle orbiter #Enterprise made its first ‘free’ flight piloted by astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton during testing at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, then known as NASA Dryden (Pic: NASA)
Read more about Europe’s links to the Space Shuttle: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Space_Shuttle/Europe_s_involvement_Spacelab
This time, a photo (confirmed) as the first ‘free’ flight of the Space Shuttle #Enterprise, 12 August 1977. With thanks to Fred Haise.
