NASA, Orbital will upgrade X-34 mockup for tow, drop tests

NASA and Orbital Sciences Corp. have decided to upgrade the mockup built to test how the X-34 reusable launch vehicle testbed will ride beneath OSC's L-1011 carrier aircraft so it can handle high-speed tow tests on the ground and unpowered flights to test control software. Agency and company...

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