IMAGE 1000_99\78.Lbm,The payload for the first air-launched Pegasus mission being prepared at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
IMAGE 1000_99\79.Lbm,The Pegasus air-launched space booster slung beneath the right wing of the Ames-Dryden B-52 carrier aircraft following a successful captive test flight in November 1989.
IMAGE 1000_99\80.Lbm,In-flight shot of Pegasus slung beneath the B-52's wing during the second captive flight in November 1989.
IMAGE 1000_99\81.Lbm,The Pegasus space booster drops from the B-52 to begin its first flight into space on April 5, 1990.
IMAGE 1000_99\82.Lbm,The solid-fuelled Pegasus booster blasts its way out of Earth's atmosphere and into orbit on its first successful flight on April 5, 1990.