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X-38 Ship #2 Mated to B-52 Mothership in Flight
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This photo shows one of the X-38 lifting-body research vehicles mated to NASA's B-52 mothership in flight prior to launch. The B-52 has been a workhorse for the Dryden Flight Research Center for more than 40 years, carrying numerous research vehicles aloft and conducting a variety of other research flight experiments.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineX-38 Ship #2 Mated to B-52 Mothership in Flight. NASA/AFRC, 1999-07-09. Public domain. ID: EC99-45080-12.
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