Space Shuttle Enterprise in the Udvar-Hazy Space Hanger

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Object Details

Author

Penland, Dane A

Subject

National Air and Space Museum

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Enterprise (Space shuttle)

Space Shuttle Enterprise

Notes

Original Image is a Born Digital from Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-291, Folder: TORCH July-December 2004. The original negative is NASM.tif. The image is featured in the December 2004 issue of TORCH.

Summary

Image of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in the James S. McDonald Space Hanger at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Udvar-Hazy Center opened December 2003, but the 53,000 square-foot Space Hanger was closed to visitors until its November 1, 2004 opening. The 112-foot-long shuttle is in the center of the hanger and visitors can be seen walking around the exhibit.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-291, Folder: TORCH July-December 2004

Contact information

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

Date

November 4, 2004

Standard number

SIA2011-0510

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Digital Image

Exhibit

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 8w x 5.32h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Digital Image

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Space vehicles

Space shuttles

Space

Space flight

Exhibitions

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_12616