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English: The M2-F1, the unlikely forefather of the NASA space shuttle, was the world's first manned lifting body. Made of wood with an internal framework of steel tubes and no wings, the M2-F1 looked more like a bathtub sitting on a tricycle than an aircraft.
Conceived by NASA engineers at the Ames Research Center, the lifting body was intended as an alternative to a capsule spacecraft, which returned to Earth dangling under a parachute. A lifting body was not a conventional winged aircraft, but rather, used air flowing over its fuselage to generate lift. This design allowed it to land on a runway like a conventional airplane. Because the M2-F1 was unpowered, a tow vehicle was required. The solution: a 1963 Pontiac convertible, which when modified, was capable of reaching 110 miles per hour with the M2-F1 in tow. |
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| current | 07:53, 31 October 2013 | | 3,030 × 2,091 (4.17 MB) | Huntster | Restore full dimensions of original upload, from original NASA file sans text. |
| 06:20, 6 October 2008 |  | 2,763 × 2,072 (345 KB) | Elipongo | Higher resolution version | |
| 15:17, 20 February 2008 |  | 558 × 358 (113 KB) | Tataroko-common | {{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} | |
| 11:57, 20 February 2008 |  | 558 × 480 (63 KB) | Tataroko-common | {{Information |Description=M2-F1 with a towing car, Pontiac Convertible. |Source=NASA's site (http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/search;jsessionid=1h9uqoja1tmt7?b=SC000107) |Date=Taken in 1960s (probably 1963 or 1964) |Author=NASA |Permission= |other_versions= }} |
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