A Ground Crewman Checks Over the X-38 Second Prototype Following the Lakebed Landing of Its Fifth Flight at Edwards Air Force Base

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'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.

Photographer NASA/Tony Landis
Location AFRC
X-38Johnson Space CenterLangley Research CenterDryden Flight Research Centerspace shuttleInternational Space StationB-52parafoilFrench Ariane-5 BoosterCRVScaled CompositesInc