Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Space Shuttle Enterprise Lifted into Dynamic Test Stand
Full Description:
Aerial view of Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise being hoisted into Marshall's Dynamic Test Stand for the Mated Vertical Ground Vibration test (MVGVT). The test marked the first time ever that the entire Space Shuttle elements, an Orbiter, an External Tank (ET), and two Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB), were mated together. Purpose of the vibration tests was to verify that the Space Shuttle performed its launch configuration as predicted.
Date:
10/4/1978
NASA Center:
Marshall Space Flight Center
Subject Category:
Space Shuttle
Subject Category:
Aerial Photographs
Subject Category:
Rocket Propulsion
Keywords:
Dynamic
Keywords:
Test
Keywords:
Stand
Keywords:
Vibration
Keywords:
Enterprise
Keywords:
Mated
Keywords:
Vertical
Keywords:
Ground
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Space Shuttle
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
10-4-1978
facet_when_year:
1978
Image #:
7992403
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0054
Center:
MSFC
Center Number:
7992403
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000054
Creator-Photographer:
NASA Earnie Harding
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Space Shuttle Enterprise Lifted into Dynamic Test Stand