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Boilerplate (spaceflight)
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A boilerplate spacecraft, also known as a mass simulator, is a nonfunctional craft or payload that is used to test various configurations and basic size, load, and handling characteristics of rocket l
Boilerplate version of Gemini spacecraft on display at Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 15, 2004
Boilerplate version of Gemini spacecraft on display at Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 15, 2004
The prototype Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise in full boilerplate stack configuration with External Tank and SRBs ready to undergo vibration testing
The prototype Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise in full boilerplate stack configuration with External Tank and SRBs ready to undergo vibration testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center, October 4, 1978
Mercury Beach Abort test
Mercury Beach Abort test
Mercury parachute test
Mercury parachute test
Space Shuttle Pathfinder
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The Space Shuttle Pathfinder is a Space Shuttle replica. It originated as STA-098, a test article constructed by NASA in 1977 out of wood and steel to test ground clearances and handling. It was purch
Boilerplate (spaceflight)
…its use as a test article, the mockup was stored until 1983, when it was refurbished and modified to more closely resemble an actual orbiter and named Pathfinder before being displayed in Tokyo. Following its display in Tokyo, it was returned to the U.S. and has been on display since May 1988 at the U.S. Space…
Pathfinder at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama sits atop MPTA-ET in 2010. The SRB forward assemblies have changed over the years.
Pathfinder at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama sits atop MPTA-ET in 2010. The SRB forward assemblies have changed over the years.
STA-098 on the Mate-Demate Device at the Shuttle Landing Facility in 1978
STA-098 on the Mate-Demate Device at the Shuttle Landing Facility in 1978
The orbiter boilerplate is hoisted into the Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
The orbiter boilerplate is hoisted into the Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
The Space Shuttle Pathfinder frame awaits restoration in 2021, beside its home for the preceding 30 years.
The Space Shuttle Pathfinder frame awaits restoration in 2021, beside its home for the preceding 30 years.