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X-40A on runway after Free Flight #2A. |
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| Photo Number: |
EC01-0107-05 |
| Photo Date: |
April 12, 2001 |
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514x480 JPEG Image (82 KBytes)
1098x1024 JPEG Image (420 KBytes)
3000x2797 JPEG Image (4,530 KBytes)
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| Description: |
Second free-flight of the X-40A at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, on Edwards AFB, Calif., was made on Apr. 12, 2001. The unpowered X-40A, an 85 percent scale risk reduction version of the proposed X-37, is proving the capability of an autonomous flight control and landing system in a series of glide flights at Edwards. The April 12 flight introduced complex vehicle maneuvers during the landing sequence. The X-40A was released from an Army Chinook helicopter flying 15,050 feet overhead. Ultimately, the unpiloted X-37 is intended as an orbital testbed and technology demonstrator, capable of landing like an airplane and being quickly serviced for a follow-up mission. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
Tony Landis |
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| Keywords: |
X-40A; FF#2A; Free Flight #2A |
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