The Pegasus air-launched space booster was carried aloft under the right wing of NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft on its first captive flight from the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.
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The Pegasus air-launched space booster was carried aloft under the right wing of NASA’s B-52 carrier aircraft on its first captive flight from the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. The first of two scheduled captive flights was completed on November 9, 1989. Pegasus was used to launch satellites into low-earth orbits inexpensively. In 1997, a Pegasus rocket booster was also modified to test the Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX). An experimental “glove,” installed on a section of its wing, housed hundreds of temperature and pressure sensors that sent hypersonic flight data to ground tracking facilities during the experiment’s flight.November 1989NASA Photo› Pegasus Project Description