{"id":4004,"date":"2024-08-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2024-08-10T12:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T17:29:19","slug":"august-12-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4004","title":{"rendered":"August 12, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 12, 1977, the space shuttle <em>Enterprise<\/em>\u00a0(aka Orbiter Vehicle OV-101) made its first free flight, launched from a Boeing 747 carrier.  The <em>Enterprise<\/em> glided on its own, and landed on a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert.  This was a prototype built only for testing, and never equipped for space flight. The <em>Enterprise<\/em>\u00a0was named for the USS\u00a0<em>Enterprise<\/em>\u00a0(NCC-1701) from the TV series <em>Star Trek<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The design of the space shuttle was based upon U.S. Patent No. 3,866,863 on a Space Vehicle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28-705x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28-768x1116.png 768w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28-1057x1536.png 1057w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-28-1409x2048.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and U.S. Patent No.3,702,688 on a Space Shuttle Vehicle and System:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29-687x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29-687x1024.png 687w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29-768x1145.png 768w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29-1031x1536.png 1031w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-29-1374x2048.png 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our reality rarely matches our imagination, but the space shuttle <em>Enterprise<\/em> and carried forward the spirit of its namesake, the U.S.S. Enterprise, and its mission to boldly go where no one had gone before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 12, 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise\u00a0(aka Orbiter Vehicle OV-101) made its first free flight, launched from a Boeing 747 carrier. The Enterprise glided on its own, and landed on a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert. 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