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Happy 33rd Birthday To NASA’s Space Shuttle!
In September 1976 the first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, was unveiled by NASA.
Construction in the Enterprise began on the first orbiter on June 4, 1974 Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution. However, a write-in campaign caused it to be renamed after the Starship Enterprise, featured on the television show Star Trek. On September 17, 1976, Enterprise was rolled out of Rockwell’s plant at Palmdale, California.
Happy 33rd Birthday To NASA’s Space Shuttle!
In September 1976 the first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, was unveiled by NASA.
Construction in the Enterprise began on the first orbiter on June 4, 1974 Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution. However, a write-in campaign caused it to be renamed after the Starship Enterprise, featured on the television show Star Trek. On September 17, 1976, Enterprise was rolled out of Rockwell’s plant at Palmdale, California.
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