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Chuck Rogers, Trong Bui, and Scott Bartel make preflight checks on the second of two aerospike research rockets on March 31, 2004.
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| Photo Number: |
EC04-0113-219 |
| Photo Date: |
March 31, 2004 |
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578x480 JPEG Image (218 KBytes)
1234x1024 JPEG Image (929 KBytes)
2893x2400 JPEG Image (4533 KBytes)
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Chuck Rogers of the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, Trong Bui, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Aerospike Rocket project manager, and Scott Bartel of Blacksky Corp., make preflight checks on the second of two aerospike research rockets on March 31, 2004. |
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Project
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NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), and Blacksky Corporation joined forces on the prairie lands of West Texas to fly scale versions of aerospike rocket motors.
The effort, called the Dryden Aerospike Rocket Test, provided the first known data from a solid-fueled aerospike rocket in flight.
Two 10-ft. long solid-fueled rockets with aerospike nozzles were flown successfully on two consecutive flights March 30 and 31, 2004. The flights took place at the King Ranch launch site at the Pecos County Aerospace Development Corporation Flight Test Range in Fort Stockton, Texas.
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| NASA Photo by: |
Carla Thomas |
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| Keywords: |
Dryden Aerospike Rocket Test, U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, AFFTC, Blacksky Corporation, West Texas, solid-fueled rocket, aerospike nozzle, King Ranch launch site, Pecos County Aerospace Development Corporation Flight Test Range, Fort Stockton, Texas |
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