Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station
Threadmarks: Part 33: First and Last. Enterprise outlasts its sisters. Shuttle-II flight tests and epilogue.
Boldly Going Part 33
Despite the success of Spirit in the captive carry and glide tests, ground testing of the Shuttle-II’s systems could only go so far. Many of the critical capabilities of the orbiter could only be tested inflight, during ascent or orbital operations. The first Shuttle-II...