Atlantis passes over North Africa (3x normal speed). (954K) Movie: NASA
		The space shuttle Enterprise never flew in space. It was the first shuttle built (completed on September 17, 1976), and was used only for aeronautical flight testing. The Enterprise arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in January 1977 for a flight program involving a Boeing 747 airliner that had been modified for use as a shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA). (4,108K) Image: NASA
		STS-70 landing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). (side view) (292K) Image: NASA
		STS-70 launch. (700K) Image: NASA
		STS-71 Atlantis rollover to the vehicle assembly building (VAB). (556K) Image: NASA
		Space shuttle launch of the shuttle orbiter, which is capable of delivering payloads of more than 50,000 pounds to an altitude of almost 700 miles. (1,100K) Movie: NASA

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