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NASA’s Super Guppy Transport Delivers X-38
NASA’s Super Guppy Transport Delivers X-38

The X-38 Vehicle 131R was unloaded from NASA's Super Guppy transport aircraft on July 11, 2000.

X-38 Glides over California Desert Ranges
X-38 Glides over California Desert Ranges

NASA's X-38 glided high over California desert test ranges as it descended from 37,500 feet to land on Rogers Dry…

World’s Largest Parafoil used on X-38
World’s Largest Parafoil used on X-38

The seventh free flight of an X-38 prototype for an emergency space station Crew Return Vehicle culminated in a graceful…

X-38 Eighth Free Flight Successful
X-38 Eighth Free Flight Successful

The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station was suspended under its giant 7,500-square-foot parafoil…

7,500-Square-Foot Parafoil used for X-38 Descent
7,500-Square-Foot Parafoil used for X-38 Descent

The X-38 prototype of the Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station was suspended under its giant 7,500-square-foot parafoil…

Three-Foot-Long Model of X-43A Vehicle/Booster Combination
Three-Foot-Long Model of X-43A Vehicle/Booster Combination

The configuration of the X-43A Hypersonic Experimental Research Vehicle, or Hyper-X, attached to a Pegasus launch vehicle is displayed in…

X-38 in DFRC Hangar
X-38 in DFRC Hangar

The X-38 lifting body research vehicle is shown here suspended in a hangar at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in…

X-38 Post-Flight Checklists Reviewed
X-38 Post-Flight Checklists Reviewed

NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a spectacular flight of the X-38 prototype…

X-38 Model Glides to Earth
X-38 Model Glides to Earth

A 4-foot-long model of NASA's X-38, an experimental crew return vehicle, glides to Earth after being dropped from a Cessna…

Four-Foot Model used to Test the X-38 Ram-Air Parafoil Landing System
Four-Foot Model used to Test the X-38 Ram-Air Parafoil Landing System

This sequence of photographs shows a 4-foot-long model of NASA's X-38 gliding to Earth after being dropped from a Cessna…