| NASA Center: |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
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| Image # : |
EC99-45080-25 |
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| Date : |
07/01/1999
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Title
X-38 Ship #2 Release from B-52
Full Description
The X-38 research vehicle drops away from NASA's B-52 mothership immediately
after being released from the B-52's wing pylon.
More than 30 years earlier, this same B-52 launched the original lifting-body
vehicles flight tested by NASA and the Air Force at what is now called the
Dryden Flight Research Center and the Air Force Flight Test Center. NASA B-52
Tail Number 008 is an air launch carrier aircraft "mothership," as well as a
research aircraft platform that has been used on a variety of research projects.
Keywords
X-38 Crew Return Vehicle CRV Crew Rescue Vehicle Boeing B-52 International Space Station ISS Lifting Body Dryden
Subject Category
Lifting Bodies, X-Series Aircraft,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
DFRC
- Center Number:
EC99-45080-25
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000196
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA Carla Thomas
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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313 |
Medium |
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1500 |
1168 |
1,830 |
Large |
.jpg |
3000 |
2336 |
7,145 |
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