NASA's X-38 Vehicle 131R did a slow, 360-deg. roll
NASA's X-38 Vehicle 131R did a slow, 360-deg. roll after release from its B-52 carrier aircraft on Nov. 2. It was the first free flight of the vehicle, which automatically stabilized under the preprogrammed deployment of a drogue chute and made a successful landing under parafoil on a dry lakebed...
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