TEST - SHUTTLE - MINI-APPROACH & LANDING TEST (ALT) - JSC

Owen Morris and John Kiker are seen in this series of photographs documenting a mini-Approach and Landing Test conducted on the Bldg. 14 Antenna Test Range, using a 1/40th-scale model Orbiter and a model airplane. The test was flown to study Orbiter control characteristics and separation dynamics. Simulated Orbiter being dropped from 747. JSC, HOUSTON, TX. S75-33949 thru S75-33957