Space Shuttle "Enterprise" Comes to NASM

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Object Details

Author

Hrabak, Dale

Subject

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Air and Space Museum

Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport

Notes

Featured in TORCH, January 1986

Summary

National Air and Space Museum's Space Shuttle "Enterprise" flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on November 16 atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier Aircraft. Using cranes, the "Enterprise" was removed from the top of the 747 and lowered to the tarmac at Dulles on November 17. On December 6 the National Aeronautic and Space Administration transferred title of the "Enterprise" to the National Air and Space Museum at a black tie gala at the airport.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: January 1986

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1985

Standard number

85-17421-15 or 85-17421.15

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Event

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Airplanes

Boeing airplanes

Cranes, derricks, etc

Enterprise (Space shuttle)

Moving of artifacts

Space shuttles

Space vehicles

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8959