From The Archives: X-38 Station Crew Return Vehicle

A lifting-body vehicle derived from NASA's X-38 flight tests reenters the Earth's atmosphere with six space station astronauts in this painting by Pat Rawlins of SAIC.

Read the feature on page 70:  For Myriad Woes, NASA Calls X-38 To The Rescue - Aims to develop, test, build its first new human space vehicle in decades - for less than $500 million.

See the cover and read the full issue dated November 11, 1996. 

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