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| Keywords: X-40A arrives at NASA Dryden - on ramp DVIDS701533.jpg en The X-40A SMV being delivered to NASA Dryden Flight Research Centerat Edwards California Marking a major milestone in the X-37 project an 85-percent scale test vehicle of the experimental space plane was delivered to NASA for flight testing The X-40A test vehicle first built for the Air Force by the Boeing Company at its Seal Beach Calif facility and successfully flight tested at Holloman Air Force Base N M was shipped from Boeing to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Calif NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Ala manages the X-37 project At Dryden the X-40A underwent a series of ground and air tests to reduce possible risks to the larger X-37 - including drop tests from a helicopter to check guidance and navigation systems planned for use in the X-37 The X-37 is designed to demonstrate technologies in the orbital and reentry environments for next-generation reusable launch vehicles that will increase both safety and reliability while reducing launch costs from 10 000 per pound to 1 000 per pound The X-37 carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle is planned to fly two orbital missions to test reusable launch vehicle technologies NASA Identifier NIX-EC00-0155-6 2009-09-23 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/701533 701533 2012-10-10 14 54 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Holloman Air Force Base Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
