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X-38 Lakebed Touchdown Main Content
NASA Center: Dryden Flight Research Center
Image # : EC00-0097-9
Date : 03/01/2000

Title

X-38 Lakebed Touchdown

Full Description

The X-38's blue and white parafoil spreads out in front of the research vehicle as it sits on a lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research Center after a March 2000 test flight. The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) research project is designed to develop the technology for a prototype emergency crew return vehicle, or lifeboat, for the International Space Station.

Keywords

X-38 Crew Return Vehicle Crew Rescue Vehicle CRV International Space Station ISS Lifting Body Dryden

Subject Category

Lifting Bodies, X-Series Aircraft, International Space Station,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: DFRC
  • Center Number: EC00-0097-9
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000226

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA Tony Landis
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Large .jpg 3000 2380 6,529

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