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Approach and Landing Tests

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relative to the 747. Prior to the orbiter being released, the 747 engines were set to full power and the paired aircraft entered a shallow dive. Increased air speed combined with the shuttle's higher angle of attack generated enough differential lift so that the shuttle was effectively supporting the
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characteristics of the aircraft while carrying the orbiter. These tests did not involve the orbiter in any way beyond it being mated to the aircraft, so consequently it remained powered down and uncrewed. A total of three taxi-tests were performed on February 15, 1977. Following this, the program
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There were a total of five captive-inert flights designed to test the flight and handling characteristics of the aircraft while it was mated to the orbiter. As with the taxi tests, this did not involve the orbiter beyond it being mated to the SCA, so it remained unpowered and uncrewed.
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and the shuttle essentially dropped the 747. The shuttle crew reported feeling an upward lurch on separation. The two aircraft then turned in opposite directions to maximize separation. The shuttle executed some more turns to evaluate its handling and glided to a landing.
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mated to the SCA and carried to a launch altitude, before being released to glide to a landing on the runways at Edwards AFB. The intention of these flights was to test the flight characteristics of the orbiter itself, on a typical approach and landing profile from orbit.
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to ensure all of the systems it had put in place for the Shuttle program functioned as designed. These tests would encompass not only the flight tests planned to test the flight characteristics of the orbiter, but also ground-based testing of the
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The captive flight phase of ALT saw the SCA/orbiter combination in flight as a test of the SCA's flying characteristics while mated to the orbiter, and as an initial test of the orbiter systems in flight. This was subdivided into two phases:
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to separate from the SCA during the orbiter's free-flights. These were also intended to refine and test the orbiter crew procedures and to ensure the operational readiness of the orbiter's systems. For these three flights, although
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The ALT program was divided into three distinct phases. The first phase was designated as the "taxi-test" phase, which involved the SCA and orbiter in a mated formation conducting taxi tests at Edwards Air Force Base to verify the
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on the three attachment points monitored the forces, informing the crew when the attachments were in sufficient tension. The mechanical connection between the two aircraft was then severed by the use of
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tail cone, intended to reduce drag when mounted on the SCA during flight. The final two had the tail cone removed, with the orbiter in its full operational configuration, with dummy
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was prepared for ferry flight tests, which were intended to ensure that the SCA/orbiter configuration was viable for flights of the duration between landing and launch sites.
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mated to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for one of the ALT captive flights (top) and a ferry flight (bottom). Note the higher nose position during the captive flight
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space station into a higher orbit. Due to the delays in getting the system operational, this mission was scrubbed, and Haise left NASA in June 1979.
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that took place between February and October 1977 to test the vehicle's flight characteristics. Of the sixteen taxi-tests and flights, eleven saw
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For the approach and landing tests, a nose strut longer than those employed in later ferry flights increased the shuttle's
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In addition to the two assigned Shuttle crews, who would alternate crewing the orbiter, a flight crew was attached to the
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separates from the SCA during Free Flight 4, the first with the orbiter in its flight configuration without the tailcone
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The Space Shuttle program originated in the late 1960s as an attempt to reduce the cost of spaceflight by introducing a
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The program lasted from February until October 1977, with a pair of two-man crews assigned to the orbiter:
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used an air data probe mounted on its nose for these flights. These five flights were to be the only time
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There were a total of five free-flights between August and October; the first three saw
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The captive-active flights were intended to determine the optimum profile required for
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as the pilot, which was scheduled for launch in July 1979, and was to carry the
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separates from the SCA on its first solo flight as part of ALT, August 12, 1977
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Space Shuttle Orbiter Approach and Landing Test: Final Evaluation Report
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The final phase of flight testing involved free-flights. These saw
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Haise was named the commander of the original STS-2 mission, with
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by the time he joined NASA. He flew his second Shuttle mission on
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phase of the program, which had been christened by NASA as the
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Approach and Landing Test Evaluation Team (February 1978).
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makes her approach to land at Edwards during Free Flight 4
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Engle had been scheduled to fly as Lunar Module Pilot of
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remained mated to the SCA, it was powered and crewed.
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Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests Fact Sheet
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C. Gordon Fullerton
Fred Haise
Joe Engle
Richard Truly

taxi
prototype
Space Shuttle
Enterprise
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Space Shuttle program
reusable spacecraft
spaceplane
external tank
solid-fuel rocket boosters
North American Rockwell
Rockwell International
United States Bicentennial
Star Trek
President
Gerald Ford
NASA
launch pad
Palmdale, California
Dryden Flight Research Center
Edwards Air Force Base
flight test
Crew 1

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