COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Collection
Record
Title:
Aerospace industry representatives view actual and mock-up versions of 'X-Planes' intended to enhance access to space. L-R: NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, Boeing's X-37, and the Boeing X-40A behind the MicroCraft X-43 mock-up.
Description:
Aerospace industry representatives view actual and mock-up versions of 'X-Planes' intended to enhance access to space during a technical exposition on June 22, 2000 at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right: NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, in service with NASA from 1959 to 2004; a neutral-buoyancy model of the Boeing's X-37; the Boeing X-40A behind the MicroCraft X-43 mock-up; Orbital Science's X-34 and the modified Lockheed L-1011 airliner that was intended to launch the X-34. These X-vehicles are part of NASA's Access to Space plan intended to bring new technologies to bear in an effort to dramatically lower the cost of putting payloads in space, and near-space environments. The June 22, 2000 NASA Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Technology Exposition included presentations on the history, present, and future of NASA's RLV program. Special Sessions for industry representatives highlighted the X-37 project and its related technologies. The X-37 project is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.
Photo Date:
June 22, 2000
NASA Photo by:
Tom Tschida
facet_what:
B-52
facet_where:
Alabama
facet_when:
June 22, 2000
facet_when_year:
2000
Photo Number:
EC00-0198-1
UID:
SPD-DRYDEN-EC00-0198-1
