#Redstone Arsenal Airfield

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Space Shuttle Enterprise and the 747 SCA preparing to take off from Redstone Arsenal Airfield.

Date: April 21, 1979

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#FBF: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives at Marshall for Vibration Testing – Mar. 18, 1978 by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Via Flickr: This week in 1978, the space shuttle Enterprise arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for mated vertical ground vibration testing, which marked the first time the entire shuttle compliment – orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters – were mated vertically. Here, Enterprise is offloaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield before being moved to Marshall’s Dynamic Test Stand. Today, Marshall is playing a vital role in the Artemis program by developing the Space Launch System, the backbone of NASA’s exploration plans and the only rocket capable of sending humans to the Moon and Mars. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage. Image credit: NASA #FBF #TBT #nasa #marshallspaceflightcenter #msfc #marshall #space #history #marshallhistory #STS109 #SpaceShuttleEnterprise #Enterprise #nasamarshall #nasahistory #nasamarshallspaceflightcenter Read more Marshall History For more NASA History photos NASA Media Usage Guidelines

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Super Guppy transports SLS test hardware from Marshall

Super Guppy transports SLS test hardware from Marshall

NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft retrieves SLS test hardware from MSFC on July, 11, 2017. Photo Credit: Scott Johnson / SpaceFlight Insider

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft made an appearance in Huntsville earlier this week — arriving July 10 and departing July 11 — at the Redstone Arsenal airfield, adjacent to the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The aircraft was in town to…

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The Super Guppy - NASA’s Massive Cargo Plane

The Super Guppy – NASA’s Massive Cargo Plane

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, currently operated by NASA, is a cargo plane used for transporting over-sized components. Last Tuesday, the plane was at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield, a military airport six miles southwest of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, where it was loading hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System, which the space administration…

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NASA engineers load a structural test version of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA's Space Launch System onto NASA’s Super Guppy Aircraft at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, for delivery to Lockheed Martin in Denver. from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center News and Features https://go.nasa.gov/2ubIyPV

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Leaving MSFC Bldg 4755 behind the Space Shuttle Enterprise begins its journey to Redstone Arsenal Airfield where it will be mated with the 747 SCA.

Note: absence of the right OMS pod.

Date: April 10, 1979

Drew Granston's collection: link, 995801

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"Space Shuttle Project

The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement (including orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters) were mated vertically."

Date: March 14, 1978

NASA ID: 7887863, 7888057

[lonestarflight]

"Space Shuttle Project

The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement (including orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters) were mated vertically."

Date: March 13, 1978

NASA ID: 7887819

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"Space Shuttle Project

The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise atop a 747 landing at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement (including orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters) were mated vertically."

Date: March 13, 1978

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NASA ID: 7887817

[lonestarflight]

"The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first time ever that the entire shuttle complement including orbiter, external tank, and solid rocket boosters were vertically mated."

Date: March 14, 1978

NASA ID: 7888052

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The Boeing 747 SCA (N905NA) with Space Shuttle Enterprise taxiing to handling fixture at Redstone Arsenal Airfield. This fixture is a portable Mate Demate-Device and once removed from the 747, she will be towed to the Dynamic Test Stand for Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Date: March 13, 1978

NASA ID: 887820, 887856, 887819, 887822, 887851

SDASM Archives: 08_00887