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NASA's M-2 Lifting Body Research Vehicle

10  x  8 Black & White NASA Glossy Photo

NASA  No.  63-Research Aircraft-65

November 1963

Three NASA pilots are getting briefed by M-2 project pilot Milton Thompson before their first flight in the uplifting body M-2 test vehicle at Edwards AFB.

The M-2 lifting body concept is under study by NASA as a possible future space vehicle that is capable of landing on Earth under pilot control.

Chuck Yeager is seated in the M-2 with Bruce Peterson and Donald Mallick sitting on the body.

This vintage NASA B/W Glossy photograph is in very good condition with NASA's purple logo and text description on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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M-2 The Wingless Research Vehicle

10  x  8 Black & White NASA Glossy Photo

NASA  No.  63-Research Aircraft-55

Release Date: 3 September 1963

The wingless M-2 research vehicle is towed to an altitude of 15,000 feet over the Rogers Dry Lake Bed by a C-47. The M-2 is piloted by NASA pilot Milton Thompson.

This vintage NASA B/W Glossy photograph is in very good condition with NASA's purple logo and text description on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Orbiter Concept On A Real Crawler

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

Circa 1971

This is a fantastic photograph of a concept of the future Shuttle drawn on a real photograph of the transporter. This makes a startling image of the real and the make-believe.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Orbiter Concept On A Real Launch Pad

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

Circa 1971

Another photograph of a concept of the future Shuttle drawn on a real photograph of the Launch Pad. In this view the Orbiter is being lifted into position up to the gantry for launch preparations.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Orbiter Concept On A Real Launch Pad #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

Circa 1971

Another photograph of a concept of the future Shuttle drawn on a real photograph of the Launch Pad. In this view the Orbiter is in position along side the gantry during launch preparations.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter Model

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  72-H-547

5 May 1972

A very striking photograph of a model of the Shuttle in general configuration. On the back is a full page of details in the purple mimeograph text.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Artist Concept Spacelab

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-80-84

20 November 1980

A beautiful artist concept of SPACELAB Mission one.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1st ALT Captive Flight

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC 7-77844 

18 February 1977

NASA's Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is mated to a 747 aircraft which lifted off the runway at Edwards Air Force Base at 8:30 a.m. on February 18, 1977, for the first captive flight over the Mojave Dessert. The Orbiter, about the size of a DC-9 commercial jet, weights 67,500 kilograms and measures 37.2 meters. Six captive, unmanned flights are to be followed by manned captive flights and then manned free flights are scheduled to begin in the summer of 1977. this photo was taken from a T-38 chase plane. Another T-38 is visible at the lower left in this view.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1st ALT Captive Flight #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC 7-77848 

18 February 1977

Looking like an airliner with an extra set of wings, the shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) flies smoothly with the Space Shuttle Enterprise riding piggyback.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1st ALT Captive Flight #3

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC 7-78871 

18 February 1977

Looking like an airliner with an extra set of wings, the shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) flies smoothly with the Space Shuttle Enterprise riding piggyback.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter ALT Captive Flight

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-21277

February 1977

The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise onboard NASA's 905 carrier aircraft during one of six captive flight over the southern California desert.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter ALT Captive Flight #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-21322

February 1977

The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise onboard NASA's 905 carrier aircraft during one of six captive flight over the southern California desert.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter ALT Captive Flight #3

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-22753

February 1977

The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise onboard NASA's 905 carrier aircraft during one of six captive flight over the southern California desert.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1st ALT Free Flight Landing

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC 7-83187 

12 August 1977

Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise touches donw in a perfect landing in its first free flight test on the dry lake bed at the Dryden Flight Research Centre in California. Astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton were at the controls of the 75-ton orbiter and  enthusiastically marked the flight as a success.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2nd Free Flight On Piggy Back

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28139

13 September 1977

The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Centre in Southern California. One chase plane can be seen in the left background, another appearing to be directly under the Boeing 747. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise." The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2nd Free Flight Soars Above The 747

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28137

13 September 1977

The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Centre in Southern California. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise."

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2nd Free Flight Makes A Banked Turn

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28141

13 September 1977

The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" makes a turn and bank manoeuvre during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. The "Enterprise" separated form the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and after a five-minute, 28-second un-powered flight landed on a runway below. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise."

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2nd Free Flight

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28282

13 September 1977

The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is seen during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests conducted on September 13, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Centre in Southern California. The "Enterprise" separated form the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and after a five-minute, 28-second un-powered flight landed on a runway below. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, and Richard H. Truly were the crew of the "Enterprise."

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2nd Free Flight ALT Landing

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28327

13 September 1977

The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" stirs up a cloud of desert sand and dust as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 31-second un-powered flight during the second free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 13, 1977. On the right a T-38 chase plane comes in for a landing, also. Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

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3rd ALT Free Flight Orbiter And Crew

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28538

23 September 1977

The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following a five-minute, 34-second un-powered mission during the third free flight of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 23, 1977. The two Orbiter 101 crewmen are in the insert, Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr. (left), commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

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3rd ALT Free Flight Landing

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28540

23 September 1977

The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" approaches touchdown on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 34-second un-powered flight during the third free-flight of the Shuttle Approach and and Landing Test (ALT) series, on September 23, 1977. Three T-38 chase planes follow close by. Astronauts Fred W. Haise,Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, were the crewmen for the flight.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4th ALT Free Flight

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28976

12 October 1977

The fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight is seen soaring high above the desert with its chase planes close at hand. Note that the tail cone is removed from the Enterprise for this flight, which featured a two-minute, 34 second un-powered phase after the Orbiter separated from NASA 905 mother ship.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4th ALT Free Flight #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28977

12 October 1977

The fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight is seen soaring high above the desert with its chase planes close at hand. Note that the tail cone is removed from the Enterprise for this flight, which featured a two-minute, 34 second un-powered phase after the Orbiter separated from NASA 905 mother ship.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4th ALT Free Flight On Approach

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28963

12 October 1977

Facilities on a part of the huge Edwards Air Force Base in the desert land of Southern California form the backdrop for the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" as it heads for a landing during the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight. Note that the tail cone is removed from the Enterprise for this flight, which featured a two-minute, 34 second un-powered phase after the Orbiter separated from NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft. Crewmen for this flight were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander; and Richard H. Truly, pilot.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4th Free Flight On Approach #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28966

12 October 1977

The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads towards landing at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-minute, 34-second un-powered phase of the fourth Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight on October 12, 1977. In preparation for conditions of actual Space Shuttle flights, this mission marked the first one in which the Orbiter went up minus tail cone. Two chase planes are seen following the craft on its approach. Inside the Enterprise were Astronauts Joe H. Engle, flight commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4th ALT Free Flight Enterprise Parked

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-28962

12 October 1977

The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following completion of a successful "tail cone off" free flight on October 12, 1977. This was the first Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight without the tail cone but the fourth of five scheduled manned un-powered missions at Dryden Flight Research Centre (DFRC). The two Orbiter 101 crewmen are Astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

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5th ALT Free Flight On Approach

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-30157

26 October 1977

Having separated from the NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft, the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" heads toward its first hard surface landing at Edwards Air Force Base followed by the two T-38 chase planes. The flight is the fifth and final free flight in the 13-flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT) program. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second un-powered phase.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

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5th ALT Free Flight On Approach #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-30023

26 October 1977

Having separated from the NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft, the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" glides toward its first hard surface landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The flight is the fifth and final free flight in the 13-flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT) program. Five captive/inert and three captive/active missions preceded the free flight series. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second un-powered phase.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5th ALT Free Flight - Hard Surface Landing

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-30393

26 October 1977

Having separated from the NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft, the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" glides toward its first hard surface landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The flight is the fifth and final free flight in the 13-flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT) program. Five captive/inert and three captive/active missions preceded the free flight series. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commandor, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second un-powered phase. This photograph was taken from one of the T-38 chase planes that followed the flight.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5th ALT Free Flight Landing

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-78-30159

26 October 1977

The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is just a few feet away from landing on a hard surface runway at Edwards Air Force Base to complete the current Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series of free flights. This flight marked the first occasion to land the Orbiter on a conventional runway, all other flights landed on dry lake beds at Edwards. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second un-powered phase. This photograph was taken from one of the T-38 chase planes that followed the flight.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

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5th ALT Free Flight Landing #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-77-30159

26 October 1977

The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is just a few feet away from landing on a hard surface runway at Edwards Air Force Base to complete the current Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series of free flights. This flight marked the first occasion to land the Orbiter on a conventional runway, all other flights landed on dry lake beds at Edwards. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second un-powered phase. This photograph was taken from one of the T-38 chase planes that followed the flight.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 On Pad 39A

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-80-36190

11 May 1979

A wonderful view of the Orbiter 101 on Pad 39A during test of the high-intensity lightning systems with a full moon over head.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Enterprise During Vibration Tests

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC 8-90780

July 1978

A outstanding view of the Orbiter Enterprise as it is gently lowered to ground level from the 36-story tall dynamics test stand at Marshall Space Flight Centre after completion of the first of three ground vibration tests.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SRB Drop Test

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC 8-89728

August 1978

The drop test vehicle used in air-drop testing of the Space Shuttle's Solid Rocket Booster parachute recovery system is shown on impact at the National Parachute Test Range, El Centro, Calif. During actual Shuttle flights, the booster will be recovered from the ocean near the launch site and returned to shore for refurbishment. 

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Orbiter Approach & Landing At White Sands

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

Diagram of the Approach and Landing of the Orbiter at White Sands New Mexico..

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Orbiter Approach & Landing At Edwards

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

Diagram of the Approach and Landing of the Orbiter at Edwards AFB.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Artist Concept Shuttle Runway

10  x  8  Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-74PC-134

22 February 1974

A beautiful artist concept of proposed Shuttle runway at the Cape.

This fine vintage NASA photograph is in near mint condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter EVA Activity

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-78-23769

September 1978

Artiest concept of Orbiter EVA activity using EMU technology.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition. VG+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter EVA Activity #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-78-23770

September 1978

Artiest concept of Orbiter EVA activity using EMU technology.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition. VG+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shuttle Orbiter EVA Activity #3

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-78-23771

September 1978

Artiest concept of Orbiter EVA activity using EMU technology.

This fine vintage NASA colour photograph is in very good condition. VG+

 

 

 

 

 

 

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