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Close view of B-52/Pegasus with X-43A in flight
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The NASA X-43A hypersonic research vehicle and its Pegasus booster rocket, mounted beneath the wing of their B-52 mothership, had a successful first captive-carry flight on April 28, 2001, Basically a dress rehearsal for a subsequent free flight, the captive-carry flight kept the X-43A-and-Pegasus combination attached to the B-52's wing pylon throughout the almost two-hour mission from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., over the Pacific Missile Test Range, and back to Dryden.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineClose view of B-52/Pegasus with X-43A in flight. NASA/AFRC, 2001-04-28. Public domain. ID: EC01-0126-06.
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