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The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator is suspended under a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter during a...
With a small stabilization parachute trailing behind, the X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator is suspended under...
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter slowly lowers the X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator to the ground under...
Ground crewmen help guide the alignment of the X-40 technology demonstrator as the experimental craft is gently...
The X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator and its U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mothership fly over a dry...
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chaser® being lifted by Columbia 234 UT helicopter for a captive carry...
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser completed an important step toward orbital flight with a successful captive...
NASA Acting Deputy Chief Technologist Vicki Crisp discusses Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser captive carry...
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52...
The Pegasus air-launched space booster is carried aloft under the right wing of NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft on its...
Final preparations are underway for NASA’s B-52B to carry the Pegasus booster rocket and the hypersonic X-43A...
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. - ED13-0300-003 – An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream...
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. - ED13-0300-001 – An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream...
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. - ED13-0300-002 – An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream...
Engineers and technicians in the control room at the Dryden Flight Research Center must constantly monitor critical...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – During NASA's Commercial Crew Development Round 2 CCDev2) activities for the Commercial Crew...
Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-023- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for...
Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-004- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle pulls out of a...
Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-056- Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, team members monitor the company's Dream Chaser...
Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-047- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight...
Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-074- Sierra Nevada Corporation's, or SNC's, Dream Chaser flight vehicle sports a pair of...