Pathfinder

The Space Shuttle Pathfinder is a Space Shuttle test simulator made of steel and wood. Constructed by NASA in 1977 as an unnamed facilities test article, it was purchased in the early 1980s by the America-Japan Society, Inc. which had it refurbished, named it, and placed it on display in the Great Space Shuttle Exhibition in Tokyo. The mockup was later returned to the United States and placed on permanent display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in May 1988.

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1977  Wikimedia, Wikidata
OV-098; OV098; Orbital Vehicle 98; Space Shuttle Pathfinder
exhibit, test article, Space Shuttle orbiter, 

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Location: 34.7108, -86.6529, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1977 Pathfinder

1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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construction

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

change of ownership

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service entry

1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

service retirement

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Frameless

Space Shuttle Pathfinder OV-098 original configuration

Starboard side of Pathfinder frame on the ground beside its MPTA-ET display mounting place.

Space Shuttle Pathfinder OV-098 original configuration

Space Shuttle Pathfinder

Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons cropped

Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons

Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons cropped

Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons

Space Shuttle Orbiter model Pathfinder

Space Shuttle Orbiter model Pathfinder

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	rocket	1977	Pathfinder	Space Shuttle orbiter, exhibit, test article	Wikidata
site	rocket launch site		Redstone Technical Test Center	spaceport,	Wikidata
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder OV-098 original configuration		Commons
commons	image		Starboard side of Pathfinder frame on the ground beside its MPTA-ET display mounting place.		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder OV-098 original configuration		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons cropped		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons cropped		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Pathfinder 1977 commons		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Orbiter model Pathfinder		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Orbiter model Pathfinder		Commons