X-34 completes first captive carry test on OSC L-1011
The NASA/Orbital Sciences Corp. X-34 rocket testbed completed its first captive carry test on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft yesterday, giving engineers "most of the data they were looking for" before a vibrating panel on the airplane cut the flight short. A spokeswoman for Dryden Flight Research...
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