NC-141A Starlifter aircraft of NASA in 1997.jpg
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English: A U.S. Air Force Lockheed NC-141A Starlifter (s/n 61-2775) that was used in the NASA Eclipse project as a tow vehicle. The project used a Convair QF-106 interceptor aircraft to simulate a future orbiter, which would be towed to a high altitude and released to fire its own engines and carry a payload into space. |
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| Date | Taken on 21 December 1997 | ||
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| Author | Carla Thomas, NASA |
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| current | 18:12, 8 August 2019 | | 1,600 × 1,200 (1.14 MB) | wikimediacommons>BevinKacon | Reverted to version as of 16:49, 22 September 2013 (UTC) cannot read text on plane anymore |
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