gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com (Ken Hollis) (10/24/90)
Greetings and Salutations: > I need to know how many shuttles there are and the names of them, > and if possible the dates of manufacture. NASA ID Name Date Of Rollout ?? Pathfinder - (Engineering Test Platform) OV-101 Enterprise Sept. 17, 1976 OV-102 Columbia March 8, 1979 (Rollout To Dryden) Named After A Sailing Frigate Launched in 1836, one of the Navy's first ships to circumnavigate the globe. Also Apollo 11 command module, man's first landing on the moon. OV-99 Challenger July 5, 1982 (Delivery To Kennedy Space Center) Also named after a navy ship from 1872 to 1876 that made prolonged explorations of the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans. Also the Apollo 17 lunar module. OV-103 Discovery November 9, 1983 (Delivery To Kennedy Space Center) The vessel that Henry Hudson in 1610 - 1611 attempted to find a northwest passage between the Pacific & Atlantic. The ship Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands & explored southern Alaska & western Canada. OV-104 Atlantis April 3, 1985 (Delivery To Kennedy Space Center) A tow-masted ketch operated for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute from 1930 to 1966. OV-105 Endeavour Projected Delivery, 1991. The names are chosen from previous "Famous" exploration ships. Endeavour (notice the British version of spelling) was chosen from many names (and reasons for the names) by students across America. I am sure someone out there can remember which reason this ship was famous (Something about who sailed around the Cape Horn???) Ken Hollis ProLine: gandalf@pro-canaveral Internet: gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-canaveral!gandalf
phacb@research.cc.flinders.oz (A.C.Beresford) (10/24/90)
the Endevour was the ship Cook & crew sailed in to Tahiti, to observe the transit of Venus, and find the East Coast of Australia. I understand it was a converted coal freighter and thus more seaworthy with a large cargo of supplies than using a regular navy ship of the time. ( 1770