Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. ... Enterprise. The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983.

In 1984, NASA ferried Enterprise to California, where it was hooked up to a tank and boosters at Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 6 – the first and only time that a shuttle would be stacked ...

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 ...

One shuttle’s name even made reference to the television spacecraft, Enterprise. ... The Air Force has spent $2.5 billion to build the space shuttle launch complex.

Two years later, in 1988, space shuttle flights resumed with the successful launch of the Discovery. Tragedy struck the space shuttle program again on Feb. 1, 2003, when Columbia — while on its ...

These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive letter-writing campaign from Star Trek fans.. In 1974, construction of the ...

The space shuttle Endeavour ... And don’t forget about Enterprise in New York City, a shuttle that never ... “I actually have a rendering from 1992 showing a space shuttle in launch ...

One shuttle’s name even made reference to the television spacecraft, Enterprise. The brand new space shuttle Discovery visited Vandenberg Air Force Base on Nov. 6, 1983.