Space History Photo: X-34 at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

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The X-34 testbed demonstrator is delivered to Dryden Flight Research Center. (Image credit: NASA | Tony Landis.)

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the X-34 Technology Testbed Demonstrator being delivered to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, on Apr. 16, 1999. The X-34 will demonstrate key vehicle and operational technologies applicable to future low-cost resuable launch vehicles.

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