A rear view of NASA's B-52 research aircraft deploying an experimental drag chute just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., on a 1990 research flight.
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A rear view of NASA’s B-52B research aircraft deploying an experimental drag chute just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent to the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., on a 1990 research flight. The B-52’s tests led to the development of a drag chute to help the Space Shuttle land more safely and easily.August 2, 1990NASA Photo / NASA› B-52 Project Description