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April 2001 – Mars Odyssey Launched
April 2001 – Mars Odyssey Launched

The Mars Odyssey was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL and reached Mars six months later. The mission’s objectives included mapping…

Overhead View of B-52 Stratofortress
Overhead View of B-52 Stratofortress

NASA’s B-52 mothership was seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft.

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

NASA’s B-52 mothership is seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft. The X-43 adapter is visible attached to the…

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

NASA’s venerable B-52 mothership is seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft. The X-43 adapter is visible attached to…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

A worker attaches covers for the nose pitot boom before removing the unpiloted X-40 from the runway at Edwards Air…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

The X-40A immediately after release from its harness suspended from a helicopter 15,000 feet above NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

First flight at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center for the X-40A was a 74 second glide from 15,000 feet on…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

Wranglers steadied the X-40A at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, March 14, 2001, as the experimental craft was…

STS-98 Atlantis
STS-98 Atlantis

NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis and its 747 carrier taxied on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline as the unusual combination…

Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands at Edwards Air Force Base
Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands at Edwards Air Force Base

A long telephoto lens captured Space Shuttle Endeavour landing at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, on May 1, 2001.