Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests

Date: 15 Feb 1977 to 26 Oct 1977
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The Approach and Landing Tests were a series of taxi and flight trials of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise, conducted in 1977 to test the vehicle's flight characteristics both on its own and when mated to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, prior to the operational debut of the shuttle system.

The Enterprise is currently on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.

Approach and Landing Crew Patch

#	Mission	Test flight	Date	Crew	Duration
1	ALT-1	Taxi test #1	15 Feb 1977	none	taxi
2	ALT-2	Taxi test #2	15 Feb 1977	none	taxi
3	ALT-3	Taxi test #3	15 Feb 1977	none	taxi
4	ALT-4	Captive-inert flight #1	18 Feb 1977	none	2 h 5 min
5	ALT-5	Captive-inert flight #2	22 Feb 1977	none	3 h 13 min
6	ALT-6	Captive-inert flight #3	25 Feb 1977	none	2 h 28 min
7	ALT-7	Captive-inert flight #4	28 Feb 1977	none	2 h 11 min
8	ALT-8	Captive-inert flight #5	02 Mar 1977	none	1 h 39 min
9	ALT-9	Captive-active flight #1	18 Jun 1977	Haise, Fullerton	55 min 46 s
10	ALT-10	Captive-active flight #2	28 Jun 1977	Engle, Truly	62 min 0 s
11	ALT-11	Captive-active flight #3	26 Jul 1977	Haise, Fullerton	59 min 53 s
12	ALT-12	Free flight #1	12 Aug 1977	Haise, Fullerton	5 min 21 s
13	ALT-13	Free flight #2	13 Sep 1977	Engle, Truly	5 min 28 s
14	ALT-14	Free flight #3	23 Sep 1977	Haise, Fullerton	5 min 34 s
15	ALT-15	Free flight #4	12 Oct 1977	Engle, Truly	2 min 34 s
16	ALT-16	Free flight #5	26 Oct 1977	Haise, Fullerton	2 min 1 s

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Sources

See also:

• Wikipedia: Approach and Landing Tests
• Wikidata: Item Q621711, en:Wikipedia
• Wikipedia: Space Shuttle Enterprise
• Wikidata: Item Q202347, en:Wikipedia