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X-38 vehicle #131R arrives at NASA Dryden via NASA'S Super Guppy transport aircraft |
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| Photo Number: |
EC00-0212-2 |
| Photo Date: |
July 11, 2000 |
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547x480 JPEG Image (86 KBytes)
1168x1024 JPEG Image (409 KBytes)
3000x2629 JPEG Image (3,821 KBytes)
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| Description: |
NASA's Super Guppy transport aircraft landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on July 11, 2000 to deliver the latest version of the X-38 drop vehicle to Dryden. The X-38s are intended as prototypes for a possible "crew lifeboat" for the International Space Station. The X-38 vehicle 131R will demonstrate a huge 7,500 square-foot parafoil that will that will enable the potential crew return vehicle to land on the length of a football field after returning from space.
The crew return vehicle is intended to serve as a possible emergency transport to carry a crew to safety in the event of problems with the International Space Station. The Super Guppy evolved from the 1960s-vintage Pregnant Guppy, used for transporting outsized sections of the Apollo moon rocket. The Super Guppy was modified from a 1950s-vintage Boeing C-97 Stratocruiser airframes. NASA acquired the Super Guppy from the European Space Agency in 1997.
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| NASA Photo by: |
Tom Tschida |
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| Keywords: |
X-38; Johnson Space Center; Langley Research Center; Dryden Flight Research Center; space shuttle; International Space Station; B-52; parafoil; French Ariane-5 Booster; crew return vehicle; Scaled Composites; Inc. |
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