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Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE), USA, 1997. Creator: NASA.

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Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE), USA, 1997. A NASA SR-71 successfully completed its first flight October 31, 1997 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. The SR-71 took off at 8:31 a.m. PST. The aircraft flew for one hour and fifty minutes, reaching a maximum speed of Mach 1.2 before landing at Edwards at 10:21 a.m. PST, successfully validating the SR-71/linear aerospike experiment configuration.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

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HRM21B20_310

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20,2Mo (956,7Ko) / 20,3cm x 24,9cm / 2394 x 2946 (300dpi)

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