17 September 1976 September 17, 2024Space FlightManned Space Flight, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, North American Rockwell, Orbiter, Prototype, Rockwell International, Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101), Space Shuttle Orbital Vehicle, Space Shuttle ProgramBryan Swopes Enterprise rollout at Palmdale, California, 17 September 1976. (Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)17 September 1976. Enterprise (OV-101), the prototype Space Shuttle Orbital Vehicle, was rolled out at the Rockwell International plant at Palmdale, California.© 2016, Bryan R. Swopes