Spaceflight picture of the week: 19 January 2007

Space flight picture of the week

LAST WEEK'S IMAGE

“Next time Hodgkins, let’s stop OUTSIDE the space station” Bill Walker, London, Ontario.
Thanks to all of the readers who suggested an explanation. Marc Passy from Houston correctly identified last week's picture. It shows the Orbiter Enterprise, with its external tank and two solid rocket boosters, in the Marshall Space Flight Center Dynamic Test Stand for a Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Test. The Enterprise was built as a test vehicle and was not equipped for space flight.

This week's picture is from a series of unique pictures from the Flight International spaceflight archive, which goes back to the very beginning of the space age.

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Space flight picture of the week

LAST WEEK'S IMAGE

“Next time Hodgkins, let’s stop OUTSIDE the space station”
Bill Walker, London, Ontario.

Thanks to all of the readers who suggested an explanation.

Marc Passy from Houston correctly identified last week's picture. It shows the Orbiter Enterprise, with its external tank and two solid rocket boosters, in the Marshall Space Flight Center Dynamic Test Stand for a Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Test. The Enterprise was built as a test vehicle and was not equipped for space flight.

Source: FlightGlobal.com