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X-43A After Air-Launch from B-52
X-43A After Air-Launch from B-52

The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate after launch from NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft…

B-52 Banks Low over Dryden Flight Research Center after X-43A Launch
B-52 Banks Low over Dryden Flight Research Center after X-43A Launch

NASA’s B-52B aircraft over the Dryden Flight Research Center after the successful launch of the second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle.

X-38 Descends Toward Lakebed Landing
X-38 Descends Toward Lakebed Landing

The X-38 technology demonstrator descends under its steerable parafoil toward a lakebed landing in a March 2000 test flight.

Employees Celebrate B-52 Fly-By after X-43A Launch
Employees Celebrate B-52 Fly-By after X-43A Launch

Employees atop NASA Dryden’s main building celebrate the return flyby of the B-52B aircraft after it launched the second X-43A…

Avionics Technicians Make Final Adjustments before X-43A Flight
Avionics Technicians Make Final Adjustments before X-43A Flight

EC04-0323-53NASA avionics technicians Randy Wagner and Terry Bishop make final adjustments on the scramjet-powered X-43A before its record Mach 9.6…

NASA’s Super Guppy Transport Delivers X-38
NASA’s Super Guppy Transport Delivers X-38

The X-38 Vehicle 131R was unloaded from NASA’s Super Guppy transport aircraft on July 11, 2000.

X-38 Glides over California Desert Ranges
X-38 Glides over California Desert Ranges

NASA’s X-38 glided high over California desert test ranges as it descended from 37,500 feet to land on Rogers Dry…

World’s Largest Parafoil used on X-38
World’s Largest Parafoil used on X-38

The seventh free flight of an X-38 prototype for an emergency space station Crew Return Vehicle culminated in a graceful…

X-38 Eighth Free Flight Successful
X-38 Eighth Free Flight Successful

The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station was suspended under its giant 7,500-square-foot parafoil…

7,500-Square-Foot Parafoil used for X-38 Descent
7,500-Square-Foot Parafoil used for X-38 Descent

The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station was suspended under its giant 7,500-square-foot parafoil…