https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2d3c8c22-6349-428d-99b0-117670d62533 This 32-second video from the 1970's shows the X-24A Lifting Body during a high-altitude ascent test flight over California's Mojave Desert. The X-24 was one of a group of lifting bodies flown by the NASA Flight Research Center (now Armstrong Flight Research Center), Edwards, CA, in a joint program with the U.S. Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base from 1963 to 1975. The lifting bodies were used to demonstrate the ability of pilots to maneuver and safely land wingless vehicles designed to fly back to Earth from space and be landed like an airplane at a pre-determined site. To learn more about the X-24A and other Lifting Bodies visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-011-DFRC.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/0-XqO42ihjY Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:02:09 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/2d3c8c22-6349-428d-99b0-117670d62533 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.