San Diego Air and Space Museume / Frank Stetz Special Collection
Thirty-five years before the space shuttles were ferried to their retirement homes, the test shuttle Enterprise was ferried up into the sky above California and dropped to make sure the glider could find its way home from space.
Image: San Diego Air and Space Museum / Frank Stetz Special Collection
San Diego Air and Space Museum / Frank Stetz Special Collection
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