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The lunar lander jet, how a strange VTOL aircraft trained NASA astronauts to land on the moon
During the Cold War, an unusual experimental jet became a critical training tool for NASA, allowing astronauts to rehearse lunar landing techniques years before Apollo. Flown by Neil Armstrong himself ...
The development began in the mid-1980s when the Air Force needed an engine to produce a thrust in the 129 kN class, while retaining the durability and reliability of the F100-PW-220 and F110-GE-100 ...
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