On this day in 1998, the X-38 prototype built by Scaled Composites makes its first flight after being dropped at altitude by a B-52. Designed as a space rescue boat, the Crew Return Vehicle was intended to be docked at the ISS in a way to be able, if necessary, to bring urgently an astronaut back to Earth in case of a medical problem or damage on the station. It had the particularity of landing suspended under a wide parafoil. The program was canceled 14 years later.

#onthisdayinspace , #onthisdayinspacehistory , #otd , #spacehistory , 2013 , Crew Return Vehicle , Evergreen Air Museum , McMinnville , Oregon , PNW13 , Scaled Composites , USA , X-38

Exposure Time	1/160 s
ApertureFNumber	f/8.0
ISO	800
Model	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length	17 mm
Date Time of Original	2013:07:08 14:55:07

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Robin MORET

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Monday 8 July 2013

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Monday 11 March 2019

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#onthisdayinspace, #onthisdayinspacehistory, #otd, #spacehistory, 2013, Crew Return Vehicle, Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, Oregon, PNW13, Scaled Composites, USA, X-38

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