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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 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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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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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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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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Jan 26, 2004
NASA's B-52 mother ship carries the X-43A and its booster rocket on a captive carry flight Jan. 26, 2004
NASA's historic B-52 mother ship carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive carry flight from...
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Jan 26, 2004
NASA's B-52 mother ship carries the X-43A and its booster rocket on a captive carry flight Jan. 26, 2004
NASA's historic B-52 mother ship carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive carry flight from...
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Jan 26, 2004
NASA's B-52 mother ship carries the X-43A and its booster rocket on a captive carry flight Jan. 26, 2004
NASA's historic B-52 mother ship 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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Mar 27, 2004
The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from the B-52 cockpit
The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from...
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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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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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Jan 26, 2004
Hitching a ride on NASA's B-52 mother ship, the X-43A scramjet performed a captive carry evaluation flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California, January 26, 2004
Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mother ship that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's X-43A...
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Jan 26, 2004
Hitching a ride on NASA's B-52 mother ship, the X-43A scramjet performed a captive carry evaluation flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California, January 26, 2004
Hitching a ride on the same B-52 mother ship that once launched X-15 research aircraft in the 1960s, NASA's X-43A...
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Jul 10, 2001
NASA's B-52 takes the X-38 aloft for the seventh free flight of the program, July 10, 2001
The X-38, mounted beneath the right wing of NASA's B-52, climbed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base for the...
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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 2, 2000
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B-52 008 landing on runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base after first free flight of X-38 vehicle #131R
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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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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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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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Apr 12, 2002
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NASA's new white B-52H, shared ramp space with the veteran NASA B-52B mother ship in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002...
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Apr 12, 2002
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NASA's veteran silver B-52B, foreground, joined the new B-52H in NASA markings for a ceremony in Wichita, Kansas,...
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Aug 1, 2001
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A newly arrived B-52H is seen here alongside NASA Dryden's venerable B-52 "B" model during its arrival ceremony on...
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