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X-38 flight test

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Posted: March 31, 2000

NASA's X-38 experimental Crew Return Vehicle is dropped from a B-52 aircraft on March 30 at the Dryden Flight Research Center, California, in this edited footage. The X-38 is being developed for use as the International Space Station's emergency lifeboat. Source video: NASA TV (607k, 1min, 35sec QuickTime file).

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