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80 CHAPTER 4 Fly Me to the Moon, 1960–1974<br />
FIGURE 4-6.<br />
NASA test pilot Pete Knight poses with the legendary<br />
X-15A-2 hypersonic research aircraft in 1965. A variation<br />
of the gold NASA tail band appears on the vertical tail,<br />
and the NASA insignia on the nose is backed by a gold<br />
flash. (NASA ECN-1025)<br />
FIGUR E 4-7.<br />
Long before the Space Shuttle, NASA explored the flight<br />
behavior of advanced space vehicles known as lifting<br />
bodies. Here Milt Thompson, Chief Test Pilot of the<br />
NASA Flight Research Center, poses with a low-cost,<br />
unpowered test vehicle known as the M2-F1 in 1963.<br />
(NASA EC63-206)
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