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Astronaut Fullerton Suited f
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| Title |
Astronaut Fullerton Suited for Training Exercises on KC-135 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, gets a preview of what it might be like in space during a flight aboard NASA's KC- 135 "zero-gravity" aircraft. A special parabolic pattern flown by the aircraft provides shore periods of weightlessness. These flights are nicknamed the "vomit comet" because of the nausea that is often induced. Fullerton's suit is an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), used by astronauts when leaving the Shuttle orbiter to go outside and perform tasks in space. There was no EVA on the STS-3, but crewmembers are trained in that area in the event of the necessity to perform chores in space that for some reason could not be done remotely. Fullerton donned his suit during a parabola and took the opportunity to float around in the absence of gravity. |
| Date |
07/1981 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Haise Commands First Enterpr
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| Title |
Haise Commands First Enterprise Test Flights |
| Full Description |
The first crew members for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) are photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter Assembly Facility at Palmdale, California. The Shuttle Enterprise is Commanded by former Apollo 13 Lunar Module pilot, Fred Haise (left) with C. Gordon Fullerton as pilot. The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise was named after the fictional Starship Enterprise from the popular 1960's television series, Star Trek. |
| Date |
09/17/1976 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Research pilot and former as
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Dryden Test Pilots 1990 - Sm
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| Photo Description |
2004 NASA Dryden Research Pilots. Left to Right: Edwin W. Lewis, Jr., David A. Wright (Director of Flight Operations), William Frederick Brockett, Frank Batteas, Craig R. Bomben, Richard G. Ewers, James W. Smolka, Douglas H. Baker, C. Gordon Fullerton (Chief Pilot), James Barrilleaux, Martin J. Trout, and Mark Pestana. (not pictured: Dana Purifoy) |
| Photo Date |
September 10, 2004 |
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Dryden Test Pilots 1995 - Mc
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| Photo Description |
2004 NASA Dryden DC-8 flight crew. Left to Right: Edwin W. Lewis, Jr., Martin J. Trout, Richard G. Ewers, Craig R. Bomben, C. Gordon Fullerton (Chief Pilot), Mark Pestana, Douglas H. Baker, William Frederick Brockett, and Frank Batteas. |
| Photo Date |
September 14, 2004 |
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Gordon Fullerton and Pete Kn
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C. Gordon Fullerton
| Title |
C. Gordon Fullerton |
| Description |
C. Gordon Fullerton is a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. His assignments include a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft. Fullerton, who has logged 382 hours in space flight, was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the Flight Crew Branch at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. As the project pilot on the NASA B-52 launch aircraft, Fullerton flew during the first six air launches of the commercially developed Pegasus space vehicle. He was involved in a series of development air launches of the X-38 Crew Recovery Vehicle and in the Pegasus launch of the X-43A Hyper-X advanced propulsion project. Fullerton also flies Dryden's DC-8 Airborne Science aircraft, regularly deployed worldwide to support a variety of research studies, including atmospheric physics, ground mapping and meteorology. In addition to these current activities, Fullerton has been involved in numerous other research programs at Dryden. He was the project pilot on the Propulsion Controlled Aircraft program, during which he successfully landed both a modified F-15 and an MD-11 transport with all control surfaces neutralized, using only engine thrust modulation for control. Assigned to evaluate the flying qualities of the Russian Tu-144 supersonic transport during two flights in 1998, he reached a speed of Mach 2 and became one of only two non-Russian pilots to fly that aircraft. He piloted a Convair 990 modified to test space shuttle landing gear components during many very high-speed landings. Other projects for which he has flown in the past include the C-140 JetStar Laminar Flow Control, F-111 Mission Adaptive Wing, F-14 Variable Sweep Flow Transition, Space Shuttle drag chute and F-111 crew module parachute tests with the B-52, X-29 vortex flow control, and the F-18 Systems Research Aircraft. With more than15,000 hours of flying time, Fullerton has piloted 135 different types of aircraft, including full qualification in the T-33, T-34, T-37, T-38, T-39, F-86, F-101, F-104, F-106, F-111, F-14, F-15, X-29, KC-135, C-140, B-47, and he currently flies the F/A-18, B-52, DC-8, B-747, and T-34C. Born Oct. 11, 1936, in Rochester, N. Y., Fullerton graduated from U.S. Grant High School, Portland, Ore. He earned bachelor of science and master of science degrees in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, in 1957 and l958, respectively. Fullerton entered the U. S. Air Force in July 1958 after working as a mechanical design engineer for Hughes Aircraft Co., Culver City, California. After flight school, he was trained as an F-86 interceptor pilot, and later became a B-47 bomber pilot at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz. In 1964 he was selected to attend, the Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School (now the Air Force Test Pilot School), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Upon graduation he was assigned as a test pilot with the Bomber Operations Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. Fullerton served as a flight crew member for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program from 1966 through1969. After assignment to the NASA Johnson Space Center, as an astronaut Fullerton served on the support crews for the Apollo 14, 15, 16, and 17 lunar missions. In 1977, Fullerton was assigned to one of the two two-man flight crews that piloted the Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Test Program at Dryden. Fullerton was the pilot on the eight-day STS-3 Space Shuttle orbital flight test mission Mar. 22-30, 1982. The mission exposed the orbiter Columbia to extremes in thermal stress and tested the 50-foot Remote Manipulator System used to grapple and maneuver payloads in orbit. STS-3 landed at White Sands, N.M., because Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards was wet due to heavy seasonal rains. Fullerton was commander of the STS-51F Spacelab 2 mission, launched on July 29, 1985. This mission, with the orbiter Challenger, was the first pallet-only Spacelab mission and the first to operate the Spacelab Instrument Pointing System (IPS). It carried 13 major experiments in the fields of astronomy, solar physics, ionospheric science, life science, and materiel science (a super fluid helium experiment). The mission ended August 6, 1985, with a landing at Dryden. Among the special awards and honors Fullerton has received are the Iven C. Kincheloe Award from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1978, Department of Defense Distinguished Service and Superior Service Medals, Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, NASA Distinguished and Exceptional Service Medals, NASA Space Flight Medals in 1983 and 1985, General Thomas D. White Space Trophy, Haley Space Flight Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Awards for 1977, 1981, and 1985, the Certificate of Achievement Award from the Soaring Society of America, and the Ray E. Tenhoff Award from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1992 and 1993. Fullerton was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1982. He is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, member of Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honorary fraternity, honorary member of the National World War II Glider Pilot Association, and a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society. |
| Date |
01.01.1989 |
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Port side thermal image of C
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| Title |
Port side thermal image of Columbia's underside during re-entry |
| Description |
S82-29021 (30 March 1982) --- This unique look at the underside of the Space Shuttle Columbia in flight was provided by a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft and the Ames Kuiper Airborne Observatory. Flying parallel to Columbia's flight path at an altitude of approximately 41,000 feet, the aircraft's infrared imagery system was using a 36-inch telescope to follow the spacecraft, which was at about 185,000 feet when the imagery was recorded. The purpose of the system is to gather high resolution temperature data of the thermal protection system (TPS) during its transitional phase (not peak or turbulent flow phase) about 16.5 minutes after Columbia begins entry into Earth's atmosphere. Exposure time was 4/1000 of a second (or four milliseconds). This image shows the port or commander's side of the spacecraft. Astronauts Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton were aboard the shuttle for eight days in March of 1982. |
| Date |
04.14.1982 |
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Portrait of Astronaut C. Gor
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| Title |
Portrait of Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton |
| Description |
Portrait of Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in flight suit holding a model of the space shuttle. |
| Date |
09.08.1976 |
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Research pilot and former as
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| Title |
Research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in an F/A-18 |
| Description |
Research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in an F/A-18 |
| Date |
05.14.2002 |
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Research Pilot C. Gordon Ful
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| Title |
Research Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton in Cockpit of TU-144LL SST Flying Laboratory |
| Description |
NASA Research pilot C. Gordon Fullerton sits in cockpit of TU-144LL SST Flying Laboratory. Fullerton was one of two NASA pilots who flew the aircraft as part of a joint high speed research program. NASA teamed with American and Russian aerospace industries for an extended period in a joint international research program featuring the Russian-built Tu-144LL supersonic aircraft. The object of the program was to develop technologies for a proposed future second-generation supersonic airliner to be developed in the 21st Century. The aircraft's initial flight phase began in June 1996 and concluded in February 1998 after 19 research flights. A shorter follow-on program involving seven flights began in September 1998 and concluded in April 1999. All flights were conducted in Russia from Tupolev's facility at the Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow. The centerpiece of the research program was the Tu 144LL, a first-generation Russian supersonic jetliner that was modified by its developer/builder, Tupolev ANTK (aviatsionnyy nauchno-tekhnicheskiy kompleks-roughly, aviation technical complex), into a flying laboratory for supersonic research. Using the Tu-144LL to conduct flight research experiments, researchers compared full-scale supersonic aircraft flight data with results from models in wind tunnels, computer-aided techniques, and other flight tests. The experiments provided unique aerodynamic, structures, acoustics, and operating environment data on supersonic passenger aircraft. Data collected from the research program was being used to develop the technology base for a proposed future American-built supersonic jetliner. Although actual development of such an advanced supersonic transport (SST) is currently on hold, commercial aviation experts estimate that a market for up to 500 such aircraft could develop by the third decade of the 21st Century. The Tu-144LL used in the NASA-sponsored research program was a "D" model with different engines than were used in production-model aircraft. Fifty experiments were proposed for the program and eight were selected, including six flight and two ground (engine) tests. The flight experiments included studies of the aircraft's exterior surface, internal structure, engine temperatures, boundary-layer airflow, the wing's ground-effect characteristics, interior and exterior noise, handling qualities in various flight profiles, and in-flight structural flexibility. The ground tests studied the effect of air inlet structures on airflow entering the engine and the effect on engine performance when supersonic shock waves rapidly change position in the engine air inlet. A second phase of testing further studied the original six in-flight experiments with additional instrumentation installed to assist in data acquisition and analysis. A new experiment aimed at measuring the in-flight deflections of the wing and fuselage was also conducted. American-supplied transducers and sensors were installed to measure nose, boom pressures, angle of attack, and sideslip angles with increased accuracy. Two NASA pilots, Robert Rivers of Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, and Gordon Fullerton from Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, assessed the aircraft's handling at subsonic and supersonic speeds during three flight tests in September 1998. The program concluded after four more data-collection flights in the spring of 1999. The Tu-144LL model had new Kuznetsov NK-321 turbofan engines rated at more than 55,000 pounds of thrust in full afterburner. The aircraft is 215 feet, 6 inches long and 42 feet, 2 inches high with a wingspan of 94 feet, 6 inches. The aircraft is constructed mostly of light aluminum alloy with titanium and stainless steel on the leading edges, elevons, rudder, and the under-surface of the rear fuselage. |
| Date |
09.01.1998 |
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Dryden Test Pilots 1990 - Sm
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| Title |
Dryden Test Pilots 1990 - Smolka, Fullerton, Schneider, Dana, Ishmael, Smith, and McMurtry |
| Description |
It was a windy afternoon on Rogers Dry Lake as the research pilots of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility gathered for a photo shoot. It was a special day too, the 30th anniversary of the first F-104 flight by research pilot Bill Dana. To celebrate, a fly over of Building 4800, in formation, was made with Bill in a Lockheed F-104 (826), Gordon Fullerton in a Northrop T-38, and Jim Smolka in a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 (841) on March 23, 1990. The F-18 (841), standing on the NASA ramp is a backdrop for the photo of (Left to Right) James W. (Smoke) Smolka, C. Gordon Fullerton, Edward T. (Ed) Schneider, William H. (Bill) Dana, Stephen D. (Steve) Ishmael, Rogers E. Smith, and Thomas C. (Tom) McMurtry. Smolka joined NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility in September 1985. He has been the project pilot on the F-15 Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE) research and F-15 Aeronautical Research Aircraft programs. He has also flown as a pilot on the NASA B-52 launch aircraft, as a co-project pilot on the F-16XL Supersonic Laminar Flow Control aircraft and the F-18 High Angle-of-Attack Research Vehicle (HARV) aircraft. Other aircraft he has flown in research programs are the F-16, F-111, F-104 and the T-38 as support. Fullerton, joined NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility in November 1986. He was project pilot on the NASA/Convair 990 aircraft to test space shuttle landing gear components, project pilot on the F-18 Systems Research Aircraft, and project pilot on the B-52 launch aircraft, where he was involved in six air launches of the commercially developed Pegasus space launch vehicle. Other assignments include a variety of flight research and support activities in multi-engine and high performance aircraft such as, F-15, F-111, F-14, X-29, MD-11 and DC-8. Schneider arrived at the NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility on July 5, 1982, as a Navy Liaison Officer, becoming a NASA research pilot one year later. He has been project pilot for the F-18 High Angle-of-Attack program (HARV), project pilot for the F-15 aeronautical research aircraft, the NASA B-52 launch aircraft, and the SR-71 "Blackbird" aircraft. His past research work at Dryden has included participation in the F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire, the FAA/NASA 720 Controlled Impact Demonstration, the F-14 Automatic Rudder Interconnect and Laminar Flow programs, and the F-104 Aeronautical Research and Microgravity programs. Dana joined the NASA's High-Speed Flight Station on October 1, 1958. As a research pilot, he was involved in some of the most significant aeronautical programs carried out at the Center. In the late 1960s and in the 1970s Dana was a project pilot on the lifting body program, flying the wingless M2-F1, HL-10, M2-F3, and the X-24B vehicles. He was a project pilot on the hypersonic X-15 research aircraft and flew the rocket-powered vehicle 16 times, reaching a speed of 3,897 mph and an altitude of 310,000, feet. Bill was the pilot on the final (199th) flight of the 10-year program. Other research and support programs Dana participated in were the F-15 Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control (HIDEC), the F-18 High Angle-of-Attack Research Vehicle (HARV), YF-12, F-104, F-16, PA-30, and T-38. In 1993 Dana became Chief Engineer at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (soon to be renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center). Ishmael was a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center from January 1977 until the spring of 1995, when he became manager of Dryden's Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) programs. In 1996 he became NASA's X-33 Deputy Manager for Flight Test and Operation. As a research pilot he served as the chief project pilot on two major aeronautical research programs, the SR-71 High Speed Research program and the F-16XL Laminar Flow Technology program. He took part in the X-29 Forward-Swept-Wing program, and gave support to other pilots' research flights in a T-38 and F-104 aircraft. Smith became a research pilot at NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility in August 1982. In the spring of 1995 he became Chief of the Flight Crew Branch where currently there are 8 other NASA pilots and 2 flight engineers. Smith has also been a co-project pilot on two major aeronautical programs at Dryden. They are the integrated thrust vectoring F-15 ACTIVE and the SR-71 "Blackbird" Research programs. Other research programs that he has been associated with are the F-104 Zero "G" tests, F-18 HARV, X-29 Forward-Swept-Wing, with support flights being flown in a T-38 and F-104. McMurtry has been a pilot at NASA's Dryden since joining the Flight Research Center in November 1967. In 1981, Tom became Chief Pilot a position he held until February 1986, when he was appointed Chief of the Research Aircraft Operations Division. McMurtry has been project pilot for the AD-1 Oblique Wing program, the F-15 Digital Electronic Engine Control (DEEC) project and the F-8 Supercritical Wing program. He was co- project pilot on the F-15 ACTIVE program, F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire program and on several remotely piloted research vehicle programs such as the FAA/NASA 720 Controlled Impact Demonstration and the sub-scale F-15 spin research project. He has also been a co-project pilot on the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. |
| Date |
01.01.1990 |
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Dryden Test Pilots 1995 - Mc
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| Title |
Dryden Test Pilots 1995 - McMurtry, Schneider, Smolka, Purifoy, Smith, and Fullerton |
| Description |
A group photo of Dryden research pilots in August 1995. They are (left to right) Thomas C. McMurtry, Edward T. Schneider, James W. Smolka, Dana D. Purifoy, Roger E. Smith, and C. Gordon Fullerton. |
| Date |
08.01.1995 |
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| General Description |
STS-108 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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Portrait of Astronaut C. Gor
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| Title |
Portrait of Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton |
| Description |
Portrait of Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in flight suit holding a model of the space shuttle. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-08 |
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Two crews for the Shuttle Ap
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| Title |
Two crews for the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) |
| Description |
The two crews for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) are photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter assembly facility at Palmdale, California on the day of the rollout of the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" spacecraft. They are, left to right, Astronauts C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot of the first crew, Fred W. Haise Jr., commander of the first crew, Joe H. Engle, commander of the second crew, and Richard H. Truly, pilot of the second crew. The DC-9 size airplane-like Orbiter 101 is in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-17 |
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Astronaut Gordon Fullerton f
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Fullerton first pilot for Shuttle Approach and Landing Test |
| Description |
Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot of the first crew for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), is photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter assembly facility at Palmdale, California on the day of the rollout of the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" spacecraft. The DC-9 size airplane-like Orbiter 101 is in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-17 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft only seconds after separating during the first free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on August 12, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., and C. Gordon Fullerton 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-08-12 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the early minutes of the first free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on August 12, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Two chase planes can be seen in the right background. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., and C. Gordon Fullerton 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-08-12 |
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Two members of the first cre
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| Title |
Two members of the first crew of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) |
| Description |
The two members of the first crew for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) are photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter assembly facility at Palmdale, California on the day of the rollout of the Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" spacecraft. They are Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr. (left), commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot. The DC-9 size airplane-like Orbiter 101 is in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-17 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after third ALT |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" approaches touchdown on the runnway at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 34-second unpowered 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterpr
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" parked on runway at Edwards AFB |
| Description |
The Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is parked on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following a five-minute, 34-second unpowered 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft after separating during the first free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on August 12, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., and C. Gordon Fullerton 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-08-12 |
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Crewmen of Shuttle Orbiter 1
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| Title |
Crewmen of Shuttle Orbiter 101 arrive and greet technicians prior to ingress |
| Description |
The crewmen of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" arrive at the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) and greet technicians and others (not pictured) prior to ingress. They are Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., right, commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Crewmen of Shuttle Orbiter 1
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| Title |
Crewmen of Shuttle Orbiter 101 prior to ingress |
| Description |
The crewmen of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" pass the guard shack as they prepare to ingress the Orbiter as it sits in piggyback mode atop a NASA 747 carrier aircraft at the Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC). Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., right, commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot are dressed in flight suits. Suit technician Joe Schmitt is in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the third free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 23, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Three chase planes can be seen in the picture. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" separat
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the third free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 23, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. The vehicle with Astronauts Fred W. Haise, and C. Gordon Fullerton remained in unpowered flight for five minutes and 34 seconds before landing on the desert land of Edwards Air Force Base. 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Astronauts Haise and Fullert
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| Title |
Astronauts Haise and Fullerton walk away from Shuttle Orbiter 101 |
| Description |
The two crewmen of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" walk from their parked craft on desert land of Edward's Air Force Base following a successful five-minute, 34 second unpowered mission during the third in a series of Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) free flights. They are Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, left, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise"
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| Title |
Shuttle Orbiter "Enterprise" lands at Edwards AFB after third ALT |
| Description |
The Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" approaches touchdown on the runnway at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude a five-minute, 34-second unpowered 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" soars a
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above Edwards Air Force Base |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the North Base area of Edwards Air Force Base during the third free flight of the Shuttle Apporach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 23, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Three chase planes follow in its wake. Its crew consists of Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot. 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. |
| Date Taken |
1977-09-23 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" glides
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" glides toward first hard surface landing |
| Description |
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 unpowered phase. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" glides
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" glides toward first hard surface landing |
| Description |
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 unpowered phase. This photograph was taken from one of the T-38 chase planes that followed the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" separat
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" separates from NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
This photograph made from a chase plane captures the precise moment of separation of the Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" from the NASA 905 aircraft, a 747 carrier aircraft. With Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlling the Enterprise, the unpowered flight lasted two minutes and one second before coming to a landing on a hard surface runway, completing the Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series. The mission marked the first hard-surface landing in the ALT series, the second tail cone off flight and the fifth free-flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "
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| Title |
Orbiter "Enterprise" rides "piggy-back" atop NASA 747 carrier |
| Description |
The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" sits in a piggyback configuration atop NASA 905, a 747 carrier aircraft, prior to takeoff on the fifth and final Approach and Landing Test (ALT) free flight mission from Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC). Astronauts Fred W. Haise, Jr., commander, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, later controlled the Orbiter during its two-mintue, one-second free flight and its landing - the first on a hard surface in the ALT series - at Edwards Air Force Base. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Astronauts Haise and Fullert
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Astronauts Haise and Fullerton in cockpit of Orbiter 101 prior to fifth ALT |
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Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commander, left, and C. Gordon Fullerton in the cockpit of the Space shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" prior to the fifth and final free flight in the Approach and Landing Test (ALT) series, from Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC). |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" moments
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Orbiter "Enterprise" moments from first hard surface landing |
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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., commandor, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second unpowered phase. This photograph was taken from one of the T-38 chase planes that followed the flight. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Orbiter "Enterprise" moments
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Orbiter "Enterprise" moments from first hard surface landing |
| Description |
A ground level view of the Space Shuttle Orbiter just prior to landing on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base. Orbiter 101, the "Enterprise" was making its last landing of 13 Approach and Landing Test (ALT) missions (five captive/inert or unmanned flights atop the 747, three captive/active or manned flights atop the 747, and five free flights). This mission marked the first occasion for the "Enterprise" to make a hard surface landing. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., commandor, and C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot, controlled the Orbiter during its two-minute, one-second unpowered phase. |
| Date Taken |
1977-10-26 |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerto
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in suit donning/doffing exercise |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, takes part in a suit donning/doffing exercise aboard a KC-135 "zero-gravity" aircraft. Mission Specialist William F. Fisher, far left, holds a mirror to assist Fullerton with hose and cable linkups to his suit. Fullerton is wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) minus gloves and helmet. |
| Date Taken |
1981-07-22 |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerto
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in donning/doffing exercise experiences |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, experiences free fall while taking part in a suit donning/doffing exercise aboard a KC-135 "zero-gravity" aircraft. Fullerton is wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) complete with gloves and helmet. |
| Date Taken |
1981-07-22 |
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Pre-STS-3 press conference h
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Pre-STS-3 press conference held at the JSC public affairs facility |
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Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, center, and C. Gordon Fullerton, left, respond to a visual display of the Columbia and its remote manipulator system in space during a pre-STS-3 press conference. Dr. John Lawrence, public information specialist, is at the far right (25903), Astronaut Lousma, listens as a newsman directs a question his way. In the background is the STS-3 mission logo (25904), Astronaut Fullerton uses an electronic pointer to localize an area on a prjected visual of the OSS payload package to be carried in the cargo bay of the Columbia on STS-3. On far right is Dr. Lawrence (25905). |
| Date Taken |
1982-01-25 |
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Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, r
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Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, right, and C. Gordon Fullerton greet the press |
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Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, right, and C. Gordon Fullerton greet the press during a pre-STS-3 press conference in JSC's Public Affairs Building. |
| Date Taken |
1982-01-25 |
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Pre-STS-3 press conference h
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Pre-STS-3 press conference held at the JSC public affairs facility |
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Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, center, and C. Gordon Fullerton, left, respond to a visual display of the Columbia and its remote manipulator system in space during a pre-STS-3 press conference. Dr. John Lawrence, public information specialist, is at the far right (25903), Astronaut Lousma, listens as a newsman directs a question his way. In the background is the STS-3 mission logo (25904), Astronaut Fullerton uses an electronic pointer to localize an area on a prjected visual of the OSS payload package to be carried in the cargo bay of the Columbia on STS-3. On far right is Dr. Lawrence (25905). |
| Date Taken |
1982-01-25 |
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Pre-STS-3 press conference h
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| Title |
Pre-STS-3 press conference held at the JSC public affairs facility |
| Description |
Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, center, and C. Gordon Fullerton, left, respond to a visual display of the Columbia and its remote manipulator system in space during a pre-STS-3 press conference. Dr. John Lawrence, public information specialist, is at the far right (25903), Astronaut Lousma, listens as a newsman directs a question his way. In the background is the STS-3 mission logo (25904), Astronaut Fullerton uses an electronic pointer to localize an area on a prjected visual of the OSS payload package to be carried in the cargo bay of the Columbia on STS-3. On far right is Dr. Lawrence (25905). |
| Date Taken |
1982-01-25 |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerto
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot for STS-3 during press conference |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot for STS-3, listens during a pre-STS-3 press conference in JSC's public affairs building. |
| Date Taken |
1982-01-25 |
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Science student experimenter
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Science student experimenter Todd Nelson with STS-3 crew Lousma and Fullerton |
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Science student experimenter Todd Nelson meets with STS-3 crew Commander Jack R. Lousma, left, and Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton to discuss his experiment "Insects in flight motion study" during a press briefing in JSC's public affairs facility. |
| Date Taken |
1982-03-01 |
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Science student experimenter
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Science student experimenter Todd Nelson with STS-3 crew Lousma and Fullerton |
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Science student experimenter Todd Nelson meets with STS-3 crew Commander Jack R. Lousma, left, and Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton to discuss his experiment "Insects in flight motion study" during a press briefing in JSC's public affairs facility. |
| Date Taken |
1982-03-01 |
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STS-3 preflight press confer
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STS-3 preflight press conference on Feb. 26, 1982 |
| Description |
STS-3 preflight press conference on Feb. 26, 1982. View include Commander Jack R. Lousma, left, and Pilot C. Gordon Fullerton enjoying a light moment following their final pre-flight press conference. Fullerton holds a fly swatter in his hand, in reference to a joke about a student experiment dealing with insects (27684,27685), STS-3 crew answers questions from the press corps during their final pre-flight press conference (27686). |
| Date Taken |
1982-03-02 |
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