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NASA B-52B Carries Pegasus Booster, X-43A Aircraft
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Final preparations are underway for NASA’s B-52B to carry the Pegasus booster rocket and the hypersonic X-43A aircraft during a flight test. A dry run, known as a captive carry mission, was conducted to monitor the research hardware in flight for any challenges. The January 2004 X-43A flight was based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
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