Jan. 31, 1977: A horse and rider watch as the space shuttle Enterprise is towed from a Rockwell International facility in Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base for a year of flight tests. Townspeople lined the route for a glimpse of the 110-ton shuttle. A 90-wheel transport was used and accompanied by a 20-vehicle convoy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times

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Palmdale — Sept. 17, 1976: The shuttle Enterprise rolls out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities with "Star Trek" cast members. From left: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher, DeForest Kelley (Dr. "Bones" McCoy), George Takei (Mr. Sulu), James Doohan (Mr. Scott), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura), Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), show creator Gene Roddenberry and Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov).

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NASA

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Sept. 17, 1976: The Enterprise is rolled out for the public. This photo was published the next day on Page One of the Los Angeles Times.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bruce Cox / Los Angeles Times

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Feb. 18, 1977: The NASA 747 carrying the Enterprise space shuttle lands at Edwards Air Force Base following a two-hour maiden flight.

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Aug. 12, 1977: Dawn finds the space shuttle Enterprise getting a last-minute checkup in a gantry prior to its first free flight during its test program.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Con Keyes / LA Times Archive/UCLA

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Edwards Air Force Base — Aug. 12, 1977: At the end of its first successful free flight, the space shuttle Enterprise leaves a trail of dust. The craft rolled over two miles before stopping.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: R. L. Oliver / Los Angeles Tmes

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Oct. 13, 1980: The space shuttle Enterprise in its hangar at Edwards Air Force Base.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Thomas Kelsey / Los Angeles Times

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Feb. 19, 1985: The space shuttle Enterprise is on the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base during testing of a West Coast shuttle launch facility, which was never used.

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Chantilly, Va. — Sept. 16, 2004: Enterprise undergoes restoration in the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The center, at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., is a companion facility to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times

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