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X-38 Mounted on Pylon of B-52 Mothership
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A close-up view of the X-38 research vehicle mounted under the wing of the B-52 mothership prior to a 1997 test flight. The X-38, which was designed to help develop technology for an emergency crew return vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station, is one of many research vehicles the B-52 has carried aloft over the past 40 years.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineX-38 Mounted on Pylon of B-52 Mothership. NASA/AFRC, 1997-07-06. Public domain. ID: EC97-44105-29.
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