C. Gordon Fullerton
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Charles Gordon Fullerton was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft.
Fullerton (right) alongside Fred Haise, one of the ALT crews
The crew of the STS-51-F mission with Fullerton seated in the foreground
Fullerton (in spacesuit) training aboard a KC-135 "zero-gravity" aircraft in 1981
Space Shuttle Enterprise
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Space Shuttle Enterprise was the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from a modified Boeing 747. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield. As a result, it was not capable of spaceflight.
Enterprise in flight in 1977, during ALT-13
Enterprise being lifted onto the deck of Intrepid in June 2012
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (third from right, in dark brown), the Star Trek cast (with the exception of William Shatner) and NASA administrators attending Enterprise's rollout ceremony
Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton (wearing oxygen mask) in Enterprise's cockpit, 1977