DC-X First Flight

100% Succesful

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 19:38:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: hvanderbilt@bix.com
Subject: DC-X First Flight 100% Successful.

The first stability test flight went exactly as planned earlier this
afternoon, with takeoff, flight path, and landing location all right on the
button.  "It was beautiful" said one MDA employee who viewed the flight on
closed-circuit TV at MDA's Huntington Beach plant.  

More details as they come in.  It may take a while, because everyone involved
at MDA seems to be either tidying up after the flight or on their way out to
celebrate.  

Our congratulations to everyone involved in bringing about this historic 
flight of the world's first reusable spaceship testbed.


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