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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. |
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| Photo Number: |
EC01-0339-33 |
| Photo Date: |
December 13, 2001 |
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524x480 JPEG Image (78 KBytes)
1117x1023 JPEG Image (553 KBytes)
3000x2750 JPEG Image (5,778 KBytes)
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| Description: |
The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station drops away from its launch pylon on the wing of NASA's NB-52B mothership as it begins its eighth free flight on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. The 13-minute test flight of X-38 vehicle 131R was the longest and fastest and was launched from the highest altitude to date in the X-38's atmospheric flight test program. A portion of the descent was flown under remote control by a NASA astronaut from a ground vehicle configured like the CRV's interior before the X-38 made an autonomous landing on Rogers Dry Lake. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
Carla Thomas |
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| Keywords: |
X-38; CRV; Crew Return Vehicle; V-131R; 131R; International Space Station; eight free flight; NB-52B; B-52 |
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