Former NACA test pilots Scott Crossfield, Stan Butchart, Robert Champine, and John Griffith gathered at the NASA Dryden Flight Research…
Against the midnight blue of a high-altitude sky, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus winged rocket booster ignited after being dropped from NASA's…
A mock-up of the stainless-steel Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project's experimental "glove" undergoes hot-loads tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research…
The Pegasus air-launched space booster was carried aloft under the right wing of NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft on its first…
A small, desk-top model of Orbital Sciences Corporation's Pegasus winged rocket booster.
This close-up of the stainless-steel Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project's experimental "glove" shows a highly reflective surface, underneath which are…
The Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project's Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove rests after load-tests at Scaled Composites, Inc.,…
A technician adjusts the Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) Project's Pegasus rocket wing with attached PHYSX glove before a loads-test at…
NASA's B-52 launch aircraft takes off from the Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA, with the second Pegasus vehicle under…
NASA pilot Jim Smolka and McDonnell Douglas pilot Larry Walker flew the F-15B Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles (ACTIVE)…
