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X-40A on Runway After Second Free-flight
X-40A on Runway After Second Free-flight

The second free-flight of the X-40A at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, on Edwards AFB, Calif., was made on…

April 2001 – Mars Odyssey Launched
April 2001 – Mars Odyssey Launched

The Mars Odyssey was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL and reached Mars six months later. The mission’s objectives included mapping…

Overhead View of B-52 Stratofortress
Overhead View of B-52 Stratofortress

NASA's B-52 mothership was seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft.

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

NASA's B-52 mothership is seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft. The X-43 adapter is visible attached to the…

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

NASA's venerable B-52 mothership is seen here photographed from a KC-135 Tanker aircraft. The X-43 adapter is visible attached to…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

A worker attaches covers for the nose pitot boom before removing the unpiloted X-40 from the runway at Edwards Air…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

The X-40A immediately after release from its harness suspended from a helicopter 15,000 feet above NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

First flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center for the X-40A was a 74 second glide from 15,000 feet on…

X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight
X-40A Unpiloted Glide Flight

Wranglers steadied the X-40A at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, March 14, 2001, as the experimental craft was…

STS-98 Atlantis
STS-98 Atlantis

NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis and its 747 carrier taxied on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline as the unusual combination…