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X-38 Lakebed Touchdown

The X-38's blue and white parafoil spreads out in front of the research vehicle as it sits on a lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research Center after a March 2000 test flight. The X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) research project was designed to develop the technology for a prototype emergency crew return vehicle, or lifeboat, for the International Space Station.

 

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Image Number: EC00-0097-9

Date: March 1, 2000

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