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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movies Home > X-24A > EM-0054-01 |
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X-24A descent and landing at Edwards Air Force Base |
| Movie Number |
EM-0054-01
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| Movie Date |
circa 1970
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| Formats | 160x120 QuickTime Movie (1.9 MB) 320x240 QuickTime Movie (4 MB) 480x360 QuickTime Movie (8.3 MB) 640x480 QuickTime Movie (22.5 MB) |
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Still photos of this aircraft are available in several resolutions at http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-24/index.html |
| Description |
This 53 second movie shows the X-24A descent and landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The section was taken from a camera on the aircraft's nose. The X-24 was one of a group of lifting bodies flown by the NASA Flight Research Center (now Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, California, in a joint program with the U.S. Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base from 1963 to 1975. The lifting bodies were used to demonstrate the ability of pilots to maneuver and safely land wingless vehicles designed to fly back to Earth from space and be landed like an airplane at a predetermined site. |
| Keywords | Dryden; X-24A; lifting body; landing |
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