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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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Jul 10, 2001
X-38 sails to a landing at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center July 10, 2001
The seventh free flight of an X-38 prototype for an emergency space station crew return vehicle culminated in a...
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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 9, 1999
X-38 Ship #2 in Free Flight
The X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), descends...
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Nov 2, 2000
X-38 vehicle #131R in first free flight
The third iteration of the X-38, V-131R, glides down under a giant parafoil towards a landing on Rogers Dry Lake...
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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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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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Jul 10, 2001
X-38 over the Mojave Desert, July 10, 2001
NASA's X-38 glided high over California desert test ranges as it descended from 37,500 feet to land on Rogers Dry...
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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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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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Jul 16, 1997
Dale Reed with X-38 and a Subscale Model Used in Test Program
Dale Reed, a NASA engineer who worked on the original lifting-body research programs in the 1960s and 1970s, stands...
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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 13, 2001
Skid marks in the lakebed show the landing path after the successful eighth free flight test mission of the NASA X-38
The NASA X-38 is picked up from its dry lakebed landing site following its successful eighth free flight test...
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Jul 11, 2000
X-38 vehicle #131R arrives at NASA Dryden via NASA'S Super Guppy transport aircraft
NASA's Super Guppy transport aircraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on July 11, 2000, to deliver the...
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Nov 2, 2000
X-38 vehicle #131R during landing on first free flight
The latest version of the X-38, V-131R, touches down on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASAÕs Dryden Flight Research...
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Mar 12, 1998
X-38 - Landing After First Free Flight, March 12, 1998
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle touches down amidst the California desert scrubbrush at the end of its first free...
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Mar 12, 1998
X-38 - First Free Flight, March 12, 1998
The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle descends under its steerable parafoil over the California desert during its first free...
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Mar 5, 1999
X-38 Vehicle #132 Landing on First Free Flight
The X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), flares for...
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Apr 15, 2004
Pathfinder
This is an artist's concept of the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV). The X-38 will take place of the Russian Soyuz...
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Dec 13, 2001
The X-38 Vehicle 131R drops away from its launch pylon on the wing of NASA's NB-52B mothership as it begins its eighth free flight on Thursday, December 13, 2001
The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station drops away from its launch pylon...
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Jul 11, 2000
The X-38 vehicle #131R arrives at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
The X-38 Vehicle 131R, intended to prove the utility of a "lifeboat" crew return vehicle to bring crews home from...
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Jul 11, 2000
The X-38 vehicle #131R arrives at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
The X-38 Vehicle 131R, intended to prove the utility of a "lifeboat" crew return vehicle to bring crews home from...
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Nov 2, 2000
The world's largest parafoil slowly deflates after carrying the X-38, V-131R, to a safe landing
Looking like a giant air mattress, the world's largest parafoil slowly deflates seconds after it carried the latest...
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