X-43A Mounted Under B-52B, Viewed From Cockpit.jpg

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English: The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from the B-52 cockpit. The crew is working on closing out the research vehicle, preparing it for flight.

Date

Taken on 27 March 2004

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https://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-43A/HTML/EC04-0091-49.html

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NASA/Tony Landis

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Image title	The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from the B-52 cockpit. The crew is working on closing out the research vehicle, preparing it for flight.
Author	NASA/Tony Landis
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Headline	The second X-43A hypersonic research vehicle, mounted under the right wing of the B-52B launch aircraft, viewed from the B-52 cockpit
City shown	Edwards
Date and time of data generation	27 March 2004
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File change date and time	13:11, 10 July 2017
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Date metadata was last modified	06:11, 10 July 2017
Date and time of digitising	02:39, 4 March 2009
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Keywords	X-43A X-43 Hyper-X scramjet launch flight 2 hypersonic research vehicle Pegasus booster rocket B-52 B-52B mach 7
Sublocation of city shown	AFRC
Province or state shown	CA
Country shown	USA
IIM version	4

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