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Jan 26, 2004
NASA's historic B-52 mothership carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive carry flight from Edwards Air Force Base
NASA's historic B-52 mothership carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive carry flight from...
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Jul 6, 1997
X-38 Mounted on Pylon of B-52 Mothership
A close-up view of the X-38 research vehicle mounted under the wing of the B-52 mothership prior to a 1997 test...
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Jul 17, 1991
Pegasus Engine Ignites after Drop from B-52 Mothership
Against the midnight blue of a high-altitude sky, Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus winged rocket booster ignites after...
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Jul 9, 1999
X-38 Ship #2 Mated to B-52 Mothership in Flight
This photo shows one of the X-38 lifting-body research vehicles mated to NASA's B-52 mothership in flight prior to...
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Dec 21, 2004
KSC-04-S-00402
NASA retired its esteemed B-52B heavy-lift aircraft after nearly half a century of consistent service. The B-52B's...
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Nov 16, 2004
NASA's Brad Neal, X-43A Monitor Station Operator aboard NASA's B-52B mothership, performing pre-flight checks on November 16, 2004
NASA X-43A Monitor Station Operator Brad Neal performs final checks and pre-flight preparations aboard the B-52 for...
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Feb 28, 1966
Jay L. King, Joseph D. Huxman, and Orion D. Billeter Assist Pilot Milt Thompson into the M2-F2 Attached to B-52 Mothership
NASA research pilot Milt Thompson is helped into the cockpit of the M2-F2 lifting body research aircraft at NASA’s...
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Feb 28, 1966
Research Pilot Milt Thompson in M2-F2 Aircraft Attached to B-52 Mothership
NASA research pilot Milt Thompson sits in the M2-F2 "heavyweight" lifting body research vehicle before a 1966 test...
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Jul 10, 2001
X-38 flies free from NASA's B-52 mothership, July 10, 2001
The second free-flight test of an evolving series of X-38 prototypes took place July 10, 2001 when the X-38 was...
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Nov 19, 1997
X-38 on B-52 Wing Pylon - View from Observation Window
A unique, close-up view of the X-38 under the wing of NASA's B-52 mothership prior to launch of the lifting-body...
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Dec 30, 1980
ECN-14283
The Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HiMAT) research vehicle is shown here mated to a wing pylon on NASA’s...
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Feb 6, 1999
X-38 on Lakebed after Landing on Second Free Flight
NASA's X-38, a prototype of a Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) resting on the lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research...
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Dec 30, 1980
ECN-14284
A close-up view of the Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HiMAT) research vehicle attached to a wing pylon on...
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Nov 9, 1989
Pegasus Mated to B-52 Mothership - First Flight
The Pegasus air-launched space booster is carried aloft under the right wing of NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft on its...
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Apr 28, 2001
B-52/Pegasus with X-43A in flight over Pacific Ocean
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
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Apr 28, 2001
Close view of B-52/Pegasus with X-43A in flight
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
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Apr 28, 2001
B-52/Pegasus with X-43A landing after first captive carry flight
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
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Apr 28, 2001
B-52/Pegasus with X-43A departing on first captive flight
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
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Sep 27, 2004
NASA's B-52B launch aircraft takes off carrying the third X-43A hypersonic research vehicle on a captive carry evaluation flight September 27, 2004
Attached to the same B-52B mothership that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's third X-43A...
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Sep 27, 2004
NASA's B-52B launch aircraft takes off carrying the third X-43A hypersonic research vehicle on a captive carry evaluation flight September 27, 2004
Attached to the same B-52B mothership that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's third X-43A...
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Feb 6, 1999
X-38 in Flight during Second Free Flight
NASA's X-38, a research vehicle developed as part of an effort to build an emergency Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for...
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Feb 6, 1999
X-38 in Flight during Second Free Flight
NASA's X-38, a research vehicle developed as part of an effort to build an emergency Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for...
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Aug 25, 1999
Pegasus Rocket Booster Being Prepared for X-43A/Hyper-X Flight Test
A close-up view of the front end of a Pegasus rocket booster being prepared by technicians at the Dryden Flight...
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Nov 18, 1969
E-21090
The HL-10 Lifting Body is seen here in powered flight shortly after launch from the B-52 mothership. When HL-10...
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