![]() Stock photography, photos: The Space Shuttle Enterprise Stock photos of The Space Shuttle Enterprise piggybacked on a 747 Jumbo Jet. Enterprise, the first Space Shuttle Orbiter, was originally to be named Constitution (in honor of the U.S. Constitution's Bicentennial). However, viewers of the popular TV Science Fiction show Star Trek started a write-in campaign urging the White House to select the name Enterprise. Designated, OV-101, the vehicle was rolled out of Rockwell's Air Force Plant 42, Site 1 Palmdale California assembly facility on Sept. 17, 1976. Paris Air Show ˆ France. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: aerospace, shuttle, space shuttle, jumbo jet, paris air show, enterprise, space program, rocket, aviation, aero, NASA |