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Second Pegasus Awaits Air Launch from B-52
Second Pegasus Awaits Air Launch from B-52

NASA’s B-52 launch aircraft takes off from the Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, with the second Pegasus vehicle under…

Test Rig Adjusted for Pegasus Loads Test
Test Rig Adjusted for Pegasus Loads Test

A technician adjusts the Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove before a loads-test at…

Pegasus Rocket Wing with Attached PHYSX Glove
Pegasus Rocket Wing with Attached PHYSX Glove

The Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove rests after load-tests at Scaled Composites, Inc.,…

PHYSX Project’s Experimental Glove
PHYSX Project’s Experimental Glove

This close-up of the stainless-steel Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s experimental “glove” shows a highly reflective surface, underneath which are…

Desk-top Model of Pegasus
Desk-top Model of Pegasus

A small, desk-top model of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Pegasus winged rocket booster.

B-52 Carries Pegasus Aloft
B-52 Carries Pegasus Aloft

The Pegasus air-launched space booster was carried aloft under the right wing of NASA’s B-52 carrier aircraft on its first…

PHYSX Glove Mockup Undergoes Hot-Loads Tests
PHYSX Glove Mockup Undergoes Hot-Loads Tests

A mock-up of the stainless-steel Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project’s experimental “glove” undergoes hot-loads tests at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research…

B-52 Air Launches Pegasus Space Booster
B-52 Air Launches Pegasus Space Booster

Against the midnight blue of a high-altitude sky, Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus winged rocket booster ignited after being dropped from NASA’s…

Flight Loads Laboratory, Hangar Door Open
Flight Loads Laboratory, Hangar Door Open

EC94-42421-20Calibration setup fpr LSRA CV-990 in Flight Loads Laboratory.9 Feb 1994NASA Photo / › Flight Loads Lab Description

Electric Motor Check Before Flight
Electric Motor Check Before Flight

AeroVironment ground crew checked out the operation of the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft’s electric motors during combined systems tests on Rogers…