Starship Enterprise.... Kinda
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 6:23AM
Greg Jones in Aviation, Aviation, HDR, HDR, National Air and Space Museum, National Air and Space Museum, Space, Space, Spacecraft, Spacecraft, Travel, Travel, Udvar Hazy Center, Udvar Hazy Center, Washington DC

Starship Enterprise.... Kinda, originally uploaded by big_pixel_pusher.

The Space Shuttle Enterprise in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy Center Museum. Wow that was a mouthful. It's really quite amazing to walk into this hanger and see a space shuttle parked right in front of you. Even if that shuttle has never been in space. This was a test vehicle and was flown off the back of a specially modified 747. Astronaut and Enterprise test pilot John Young once mentioned that the Enterprise had the gliding characteristics of a brick. More Udvar Hazy Center images here.

Article originally appeared on Big Pixel Pusher (http://www.bigpixelpusher.com/).
See website for complete article licensing information.