Dryden Home > Collections > Photo Home > CV-990 Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) > Photo # EC93-41018-18 |
Close-up of LSRA Shuttle main gear | ||
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Photo Number: | EC93-41018-18 | |
Photo Date: | Apr 1993 | |
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Formats: | 539x480 JPEG Image (78 KBytes) 1150x1024 JPEG Image (425 KBytes) 3000x2670 JPEG Image (4,620 KBytes) |
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Description: |
A space shuttle landing gear system is clearly seen between the two main landing gear components on this NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft. The space shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance.
The series of 155 test missions for the space shuttle program, conducted at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, provided extensive data about the life and endurance of the shuttle tire systems and helped raise the shuttle crosswind landing limits at Kennedy. |
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Keywords: | CV-990; Convair; Landing Systems Research Aircraft; landing gear; space shuttle; brakes; nose wheel steering tests |
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