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Specially Modified Truck used for HEIST Ground Tests

Specially Modified Truck for HEIST Ground Tests
Invited social media users had the opportunity to witness the integrated experimental testbed perform a ground test, May 21, 2015 on Rogers Dry Lakebed in Edwards, CA.

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Invited social media users had the opportunity to witness the integrated experimental testbed perform a ground test, May 21, 2015 on Rogers Dry Lakebed in Edwards, CA. The experimental wing, called the Hybrid-Electric Integrated Systems Testbed (HEIST), was mounted on a specially modified truck. Testing on the mobile ground rig assembly will provide valuable data and risk reduction applicable to future flight research. Read more.

May 21, 2015
NASA Photo / Tom Tschida