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X-56A Advances Toward Milestones

The X-56A flies over Rogers Dry Lakebed. A huge compass rose painted onto the lakebed can be seen below. Lines to the left and below the compass rose are runways.
The remotely-piloted X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) banks over Rogers Dry Lakebed in preparation for a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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The remotely-piloted X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) banks over Rogers Dry Lakebed in preparation for a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The X-56A is conducting a series of wing flutter suppression test flights on highly flexible, lightweight wings at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.

October 23 2018
NASA Photo / Carla Thomas