Space Shuttle approach and landing tests

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Space Shuttle test program aeronautical experiment flight test program

Space Shuttle approach and landing tests were a series of 1977 flight and glide trials using the prototype orbiter Enterprise to validate the shuttle’s unpowered landing characteristics and overall flight performance before operational missions.

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Label Occurrences
Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests 2
Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test program 2
Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle test program ⓘ
aeronautical experiment ⓘ
flight test program ⓘ
aircraftTypeUsed Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form: Boeing 747-100
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasPart captive-active flights ⓘ
captive-inert flights ⓘ
free-flight glide tests ⓘ
location Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
Rogers Dry Lake ⓘ
mainPurpose validate overall flight performance of the Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
validate unpowered landing characteristics of the Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
verify approach and landing procedures for the Space Shuttle ⓘ
mediaCoverage televised in the United States ⓘ
notableFeature first free-flight of a Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
use of a carrier aircraft to air-launch the orbiter ⓘ
numberOfCaptiveFlights 8 ⓘ
numberOfFreeFlights 5 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
preceded STS-1 ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle STS-1 mission

operational Space Shuttle orbital missions ⓘ
programPhaseOf Space Shuttle development phase ⓘ
result demonstrated that the orbiter could perform a safe unpowered landing ⓘ
validated design assumptions for Space Shuttle landing performance ⓘ
safetyObjective reduce risk for first orbital flight ⓘ
verify emergency landing procedures ⓘ
significantParticipant Fred Haise ⓘ
surface form: Fred W. Haise Jr.

Gordon Fullerton ⓘ
Joe Engle ⓘ
Richard H. Truly ⓘ
startTime 1977 ⓘ
testedOn Space Shuttle Enterprise ⓘ
testedPhaseOfFlight final approach ⓘ
flare ⓘ
touchdown and rollout ⓘ
testedProperty aerodynamic handling qualities of the orbiter ⓘ
approach flight control system performance ⓘ
landing flare and touchdown behavior ⓘ
pilot visibility and handling during approach ⓘ
testedVehicle Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
testType aerodynamic test ⓘ
approach test ⓘ
glide test ⓘ
landing test ⓘ
uses Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ⓘ
surface form: Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ⓘ
Space Shuttle Enterprise ⓘ
Enterprise (test orbiter) ⓘ
surface form: prototype orbiter Enterprise

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joe Engle → notableWork → Space Shuttle approach and landing tests ⓘ
Gordon Fullerton → workedOnProgram → Space Shuttle approach and landing tests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests
Enterprise → testCategory → Space Shuttle approach and landing tests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Approach and Landing Tests (ALT)
Haise → wasTrainedFor → Space Shuttle approach and landing tests ⓘ
subject surface form: Fred Haise
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests
STS-4 → orbitalFlightTestPhase → Space Shuttle approach and landing tests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test program
STS-4 → isFinalMissionOf → Space Shuttle approach and landing tests ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Orbital Flight Test program