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The Approach and Landing Tests were a series of taxi and flight trials of the prototype Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'', conducted in 1977 to test the vehicle's flight characteristics both on its own and when mated to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, prior to the operational debut of the shuttle system. ==Background== (詳細はreusable spacecraft. The final agreed design would feature a reusable spaceplane, a disposable external tank and reusable solid-fuel rocket boosters. The contract to build the spaceplane, which eventually came to be known as the "orbiter", was awarded to North American Rockwell (later Rockwell International), with the first complete orbiter rolled out in 1976. Originally planned to be named ''Constitution'' (due to its completion being in the year of the United States Bicentennial), a letter-writing campaign by ''Star Trek'' fans persuaded President Ford to change the name of the prototype to ''Enterprise''. It was unveiled to the public on September 17, 1976, with several members of the ''Star Trek'' cast in attendance.〔
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