On later test flights, Enterprise will fire its rocket engine.
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Page A13 New York WEATHER OUTLOOK DELAYS ARRIVAL OF SPACE SHUTTLE Weather conditions were cited in postponing the flight of the Enterprise on the back of a 747 to Kennedy Airport.
For the Enterprise test flight, the shuttle was flown to 24,000 feet on the back of a Boeing 747, then cut loose over the Mojave Desert.
When Will was ten, he built a balsa-wood replica of the flight deck on the Enterprise, which won an award at a Star Trek convention.
Rather, on Aug. 12, 1977, he teamed up with Fred W. Haise, a civilian pilot, in the first flight of the shuttle Enterprise, a vehicle that was built purely for approach and landing tests and was incapable of flying into orbit.
After watching a double feature of "Sully" and "Star Trek Beyond": From the proceedings of the National Transportation Safety Board: Report on the Flight of the Starship Enterprise Through the Nebula to Rescue a Stranded Crew on a Mystery Planet; the Subsequent Crash; and the Actions of the Crew of the Enterprise, Up to and Including Its Return to Yorktown, the Resupply Planet.
"Hopefully," she said, "we will be able to continue to capitalize on the flight-to-quality among enterprise customers toward AT&T".
If Monday is too inclement, NASA officials may decide to postpone Enterprise's final flight, she said.
Though the flight was the first for Enterprise in more than 25 years, the shuttle's next move might be trickier.
