https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/9784d1e0-a133-489a-aacb-812f9c436a7a From 1993 to 1995, in conjunction with other NASA Centers, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong), in Edwards, CA, used a Convair CV-990 airplane as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) to perform Space Shuttle tire tests. The results provided the Space Shuttle Program with data to support its flight rules and enabled it to resurface a grooved runway at Kennedy Space Center that added unnecessary wear to the Space Shuttle tires. Tests were done using a unique fixture mounted in the center of the CV-990 fuselage, between the main landing gear. Landing gear systems from other aircraft could be attached to the test fixture, which lowered them to the runway surface during actual landings. The LSRA had the ability to reproduce the loads and speeds of the other aircraft, as well as simulate crosswind landing conditions in a safe, controlled environment. The 29-second video clip shows a landing on the concrete runway at Edwards, CA, on August 11, 1995, which concluded the Space Shuttle gear research program. As the Space Shuttle tire was lowered onto the surface, it was destroyed almost instantly. The rim scraped on the concrete, and stopped rolling as it became flat. It heated up and left a flaming trail of hot rubber and aluminum alloy particles. Notice how the fire quickly went out as the test gear was raised, indicating a safer condition than prevailed in a lakebed landing. More information on the CV-990 tire test is available here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/multimedia/imagegallery/LSRA/index.html Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/XIF6RaK3ZKQ Original channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:06:40 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/9784d1e0-a133-489a-aacb-812f9c436a7a 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.