The prototype space shuttle orbiter Enterprise is prepared for hoisting following its arrival at the newly constructed Mate-DeMate Device structure at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif.
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The prototype space shuttle orbiter Enterprise is prepared for hoisting following its arrival at the newly constructed Mate-DeMate Device structure at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif., on Jan. 31, 1977. Enterprise’ 36-mile overland journey from its final assembly plant at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., to NASA Dryden took about 10 hours.1977
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