Space Shuttle Enterprise stacked at Vandenberg SLC-6 (1)

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Space Shuttle Enterprise stacked at Vandenberg SLC-6 (1)

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The space shuttle Enterprise stands fully assembled with its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters atop America's West Coast launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The prototype orbiter was stacked at Space Launch Complex 6 in 1985 to practice procedures and check out the newly constructed pad for the Air Force's planned military space shuttle missions to polar orbit.

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06/02/1985
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Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
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