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NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a spectacular flight of the X-38 Vehicle 131R. NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a spectacular flight of the X-38 Vehicle 131R.

Photo Number: EC01-0340-26
Photo Date: December 13, 2001

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Description: NASA engineer Wayne Peterson from the Johnson Space Center reviews postflight checklists following a spectacular flight of the X-38 prototype for a crew recovery vehicle that may be built for the International Space Station. The X-38 tested atmospheric flight characteristics on December 13, 2001, in a descent from 45,000 feet to Rogers Dry Lake at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center/Edwards Air Force Base complex in California.

NASA Photo by: Tom Tschida

Keywords: X-38; CRV; Crew Return Vehicle; V-131R; 131R; International Space Station; eight free flight; landing; post-flight; Wayne Peterson



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