NASA'S DRYDEN

NASA'S DRYDEN Flight Research Center has scheduled a drop test of the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle prototype Friday at about 8 a.m. PST. The agency's B-52 launch vehicle will drop the lifting body from about 22,000 feet above Edwards AFB, Calif., for a 10-second free fall before its parafoils deploy for...

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