Tom McMullen, chief of Dryden's Experimental Fabrication Shop, adjusted the new pylon for NASA's X-38 Crew Return Vehicle during a fit-check on NASA's B-52 at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in 1997.
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Tom McMullen, chief of Dryden’s Experimental Fabrication Shop, adjusted the new pylon for NASA’s X-38 Crew Return Vehicle during a fit-check on NASA’s B-52 at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in 1997. The fit-check was the first time the 1,200-lb steel pylon was mated to the B-52 following fabrication at Dryden by the Center’s Experimental Fabrication Shop. The pylon was built as an “adapter” to allow the X-38 to be attached to and released from the B-52’s wing.1997NASA Photo / Tony Landis› X-38 Project Description