In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, NASA research pilot John A. Manke is seen here in January of 1972 in front of the M2-F3 lifting body. Manke was hired by NASA on May 25, 1962, as a ...
Click to open image viewer. This M2-F3 lifting body was the first of the heavyweight, wingless lifting body research craft of the 1960s. The lifting body programs tested the concept of achieving ...
On Nov. 25, 1970, an experimental aircraft called the Northrop M2-F3 made its first powered flight. The M2-F3 was a heavyweight lifting body. A lifting body is an airplane that produces most of the ...
In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the M2-F3 lifting body is being launched from NASA's B- 52 mothership at the NASA Flight Research Center (FRC — now the Dryden Flight Research ...
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