On October 30, 1964, NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV, took to the skies for the first time.
The LLRV was a bizarre, four-legged flying contraption commonly known as the "Flying Bedstead." NASA used it to simulate moon landings and liftoffs on Earth to prepare for Apollo 11. The firast person to give it a whirl was the X-15 pilot Joe Walker. During this test flight, he reached an altitude of about 10 feet, and he hovered there for about a minute. He did this two more times that same day. In all, he completed more than 30 test flights with the LLRV. These test flights took place at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. That facility has since been renamed the Armstrong Flight Research Center after Neil Armstrong, who also piloted — and famously crashed — the "Flying Bedstead" before he went to the moon.
The LLRV was a bizarre, four-legged flying contraption commonly known as the "Flying Bedstead." NASA used it to simulate moon landings and liftoffs on Earth to prepare for Apollo 11. The firast person to give it a whirl was the X-15 pilot Joe Walker. During this test flight, he reached an altitude of about 10 feet, and he hovered there for about a minute. He did this two more times that same day. In all, he completed more than 30 test flights with the LLRV. These test flights took place at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. That facility has since been renamed the Armstrong Flight Research Center after Neil Armstrong, who also piloted — and famously crashed — the "Flying Bedstead" before he went to the moon.
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00:00 On this day in space.
00:03 On October 30th, 1964, NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or the LLRV, took to the
00:09 skies for the first time.
00:11 The LLRV was a bizarre four-legged flying contraption commonly known as the Flying Bedstead.
00:17 NASA used it to simulate moon landings and lift-offs on Earth to prepare for Apollo 11.
00:23 The first person to give it a whirl was the X-15 pilot Joe Walker.
00:27 During this test flight, he reached an altitude of about 10 feet and hovered there for about
00:31 a minute.
00:32 He did this two more times that same day.
00:35 In all, he completed more than 30 test flights of the LLRV.
00:38 These test flights took place at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
00:43 That facility has since been renamed the Armstrong Flight Research Center after Neil Armstrong,
00:47 who also piloted and famously crashed the Flying Bedstead before he went to the moon.
00:53 And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:54 (Music)
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