The X-38 is an experimental re-entry vehicle designed by NASA to research a possible emergency crew return vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station (ISS).

2014年2月28日 · NASA’s X-38 glided high over California desert test ranges as it descended from 37,500 feet to land on Rogers Dry Lake for the seventh free flight of the program July 10, 2001.

2023年8月23日 · NASA's X-38 glided high over California desert test ranges as it descended from 37,500 feet to land on Rogers Dry... The seventh free flight of an X-38 prototype for an emergency space station crew return vehicle culminated in a graceful...

2014年1月21日 · The X-38 project was a series of five prototype research vehicles developing technology to build and operate a space station crew return vehicle (CRV). The wingless CRV, when operational, would be the first reusable human spacecraft to be …

2024年1月7日 · Had the NASA-designed X-38 crew return vehicle (CRV), with its wingless lifting body, ever become operational, it would have become the first reusable human spacecraft produced since the Space...

The X-38 is a technology demonstrator for the proposed Crew Return Vehicle, which is designed as a emergency crew return vehicle for the International Space Station. It is manufactured by Scaled Composites, Inc., Mojave, California.

1998年3月12日 · The X-38 project began in 1995 at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas at the direction of the NASA administrator. From the beginning, the project has had the CRY design validation as its ultimate goal. The CRY has three basic missions that drive the design that must be proven during the course of the X-38 Project:

X-38 Project Summary: One of the significant challenges in the realization of the manned international space station is the development of a crew return vehicle. This requirement, commonly known as the X-38, would serve as both an ambulance for medical emergencies and as an evacuation vehicle.

2022年7月2日 · The X-38, a research vehicle built to help develop technology for an emergency Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station, descends under its steerable parachute during a July 1999 test flight at the Dryden …

2001年3月26日 · The X-38 Project consists of a series of experimental vehicles designed to provide the technical "blueprint" for the International Space Station's (ISS) Crew Return Vehicle (CRV). There are three atmospheric vehicles and one space flight vehicle in the program.