Enterprise Approch and Landing Test (ALT-12)

US / NASA

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation Free flight #1
Launch date - time 12 Aug 1977
Launch site NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards
Launch vehicle OV-101 atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA)
Mass (kg)  kg
Crew Haise, Fred W., Jr - Fullerton, C. Gordon
Landing date - time 12 Aug 1977
Landing location Rogers Dry Lake runway
Speed 499 km/h
Altitude 7,346 m
Flight Duration 5 min 21s
 path

Astrophilately covers:

STS-Free fl #1

First free manned flight, signed by STS and Boeing 707 crew. Credit: #404

 STS-Free fl #1

First free manned flight #1.

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