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X-38 flies free from NASA's B-52 mothership, July 10, 2001
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The second free-flight test of an evolving series of X-38 prototypes took place July 10, 2001 when the X-38 was released from NASA's B-52 mothership over the Edwards Air Force Base range in California's Mojave Desert. Shortly after the photo was taken, a sequenced deployment of a drogue parachute followed by a large parafoil fabric wing slowed the X-38 to enable it to land safely on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineX-38 flies free from NASA's B-52 mothership, July 10, 2001. NASA/AFRC, 2001-07-10. Public domain. ID: EC01-0204-2.
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